pseudomembranous enterocolitis

Etiology

• C difficile colitis
• other ?

Diagnostic procedures

• sigmoidoscopy vs colonoscopy:
  • visualization of pseudomembranes in patients with C difficile colitis is an indicator of severe colitis

Notes

• term persists in Snomed distinguished from C difficile colitis
• seems to be included with irritable bowel syndrome in a number of Snomed codes

More general terms

• enterocolitis