ALLMedicine™ Clostridium Difficile Colitis Center

Apr 29th, 2022 - Several recent studies have assessed the role of fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). IBD is a chronic autoimmune gastrointestinal disorder that has been associated with disease-specific micr...

Mar 1st, 2022 - BACKGROUND There are many causes of chronic colitis and diarrhea, including the effects of chemotherapy. Mutations in the UGT1A1 gene can be associated with increased toxicity from irinotecan-based chemotherapy. This report is of a case of delayed...

Feb 20th, 2022 - Strongyloidiasis, a disease caused by the helminth Strongyloides stercoralis, has been identified as a life-threatening parasitic infection among immunocompromised patients. In the most severe cases, which include hyperinfection syndrome and disse...

Feb 15th, 2022 - The Total Abdominal Colectomy (TAC) is the recommended procedure for Fulminant Clostridium Difficile Colitis (FCDC), however, occasionally, FCDC is also treated with partial colectomies. The purpose of the study was to identify the outcomes of par...

Feb 2nd, 2022 - Case Report A 39-year-old woman who was otherwise healthy presented with fatigue, malaise, a resolving rash, focal lymphadenopathy, increasing distal arthritis, dactylitis, resolving ecchymoses, and acute onycholysis of 1 week’s duration that deve.

Apr 29th, 2022 - Several recent studies have assessed the role of fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). IBD is a chronic autoimmune gastrointestinal disorder that has been associated with disease-specific micr...

Oct 5th, 2021 - Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) involves administering fecal material from a healthy individual into the gastrointestinal tract of the patient. This has been done in the past for recurrent colitis secondary to Clostridium difficile infectio...

Sep 20th, 2021 - Recurrent colitis due to Clostridium difficile results from disruption of the normal gut flora, and is very difficult to treat. It is now clear that restoration of the normal gut flora is the most effective way to treat recurrent C. difficile coli...

Apr 26th, 2021 - Clostridium difficile colitis is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality among hospitalized patients. Following the first episode, up to 15% of people experience recurrent disease. A major risk factor for recurrent disease is exposure to sy...

Mar 15th, 2021 - Humans have co-evolved with populations of colonising microbes and their genomes to establish a mutually beneficial relationship. The gut microbiome represents the largest population of resident microbes in humans and is highly diverse and plays e...

Feb 2nd, 2022 - Case Report A 39-year-old woman who was otherwise healthy presented with fatigue, malaise, a resolving rash, focal lymphadenopathy, increasing distal arthritis, dactylitis, resolving ecchymoses, and acute onycholysis of 1 week’s duration that deve.

Oct 6th, 2021 - Amit K. Verma, MD Director of Hemato-Oncology, Montefiore Einstein Center for Cancer Care, Professor in the Department of Medicine, Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine Axicabtagene cilol...

May 11th, 2021 - Among patients with axial spondyloarthritis who achieved remission during treatment with ixekizumab (Taltz), those who continued on treatment were less likely to flare than were those who withdrew from treatment, a randomized trial found. At week ...

Dec 4th, 2020 - Keri Maher, DO, MS Haploidentical allogeneic stem cell transplant is a viable treatment option for patients with myelofibrosis who have a higher risk for posttransplant complications and mortality, according to a 3-patient case series shared in a...

Apr 22nd, 2019 - Two weeks of antibiotic therapy was as effective as 4 weeks for septic arthritis, a prospective single-center study found. Among 77 patients randomized to a 4-week course of therapy following surgical drainage for native joint bacterial arthritis,...