Bacterial ileocecitis caused by Escherichia coli O157:H7

J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 1992 Apr;14(3):261-3. doi: 10.1097/00005176-199204000-00004.

Abstract

Escherichia coli O157:H7 is most commonly linked to hemorrhagic colitis and the hemolytic uremic syndrome. Diagnostic ultrasound was used to demonstrate terminal ileum abnormalities suggestive of bacterial ileocecitis, a recently described entity that resembles acute appendicitis, in a patient whose stool culture yielded E. coli O157:H7. This case extends the spectrum of disease caused by E. coli O157:H7 and expands the number of organisms that can cause bacterial ileocecitis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Escherichia coli Infections*
  • Humans
  • Ileitis / diagnosis
  • Ileitis / microbiology*
  • Ileum / diagnostic imaging
  • Male
  • Ultrasonography