Spontaneous pseudomembranous colitis not associated with Clostridium difficile

J Infect. 1985 May;10(3):252-5. doi: 10.1016/s0163-4453(85)92638-6.

Abstract

This paper describes two patients who developed macroscopically and microscopically typical pseudomembranous colitis without prior exposure to antimicrobial agents and without detectable Clostridium difficile or its toxin in the faeces.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bacterial Proteins*
  • Bacterial Toxins / isolation & purification
  • Child
  • Clostridium / isolation & purification
  • Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / etiology*
  • Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / microbiology
  • Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / pathology
  • Feces / microbiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Bacterial Toxins
  • toxB protein, Clostridium difficile