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... across the United States. Severe CDI is frequently accompanied by serious conditions such as hypotension, ileus, toxic megacolon, and perforation. While treatment with vancomycin can be effective, severe CDI often requires total colectomy. It is ...
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... to prevent anastomotic leak. Proximal decompressive blow-hole colostomy has been used previously in patients with toxic megacolon secondary to inflammatory bowel disease and clostridium difficile colitis to avoid manipulating the colon and to tide ...
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... to more significant diarrhea with abdominal pain and systemic symptoms, to life threatening pseudomembranous colitis, toxic megacolon, bowel perforation, and death. In some patients, a significant leukocytosis may precede the onset of typical ...
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