enterocolitis
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Etiology
- infection
- Shigella
- Salmonella
- amebiasis (Entamoeba histolytica)
- Yersinia enterocolitica
- Campylobacter jejuni
- lymphogranuloma venereum (LVG)
- Chlamydia infection (other than LVG)
- Neisseria gonorrhea
- Clostridium difficile (pseudomembranous colitis)
- Mycobacterial infection
- enteropathic Escherichia coli O157:H7
- Giardia lamblia
- Aeromonas hydrophilia
- Plesiomonas shigelloides Epdiemiology:
- neonates, especially preterm infants.
Pathology
- inflammation of the intestinal mucosa
- bowel necrosis & intestinal perforation
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Clinical manifestations
Radiology
- abdominal X-ray: dilated loops of bowel
- abdominal ultrasound may show intestinal perforation
Management
- exploratory laparotomy
- resection of affected bowel segment
- ostomy, evential reanastomasis of remaining bowel
More general terms
More specific terms
- bacterial enteritis
- cholera
- dysentery
- inflammatory bowel disease
- microscopic colitis
- pseudomembranous enterocolitis
- radiation colitis; radiation enteropathy
- typhlitis; necrotizing/neutropenic enterocolitis; necrotizing enteropathy; ileocecal syndrome; cecitis
- viral enteritis
Additional terms
References
- ↑ Manual of Medical Therapeutics, 28th ed, Ewald & McKenzie (eds), Little, Brown & Co, Boston, 1995, pg 371
- ↑ Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 14th ed. Fauci et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY, 1998, pg 1640
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kim W, Seo JM. Necrotizing Enterocolitis. N Engl J Med 2020; 383:2461, Dec 17 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33314871 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMicm2020782