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The natural history of infectious colitis depends on the pathogen. Whenever infectious colitis is prolonged for longer than 30 days, other causes of colitis should be ruled out.<ref name="pmid22080825">{{cite journal| author=DuPont HL| title=Approach to the patient with infectious colitis. | journal=Curr Opin Gastroenterol | year= 2012 | volume= 28 | issue= 1 | pages= 39-46 | pmid=22080825 | doi=10.1097/MOG.0b013e32834d3208 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=22080825 }} </ref> | |||
==Natural History, Complications and Prognosis== | ==Natural History, Complications and Prognosis== | ||
The natural history of infectious colitis depends on the pathogen causing infectious colitis as follows: | The natural history of infectious colitis depends on the pathogen causing infectious colitis as follows: |
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Qasim Salau, M.B.B.S., FMCPaed [2]
Overview
The natural history of infectious colitis depends on the pathogen. Whenever infectious colitis is prolonged for longer than 30 days, other causes of colitis should be ruled out.[1]
Natural History, Complications and Prognosis
The natural history of infectious colitis depends on the pathogen causing infectious colitis as follows:
- Shigella spp.
- Campylobacter jejuni
- Clostridium difficile
- Escherichia coli
- Nontyphoidal Salmonella
- Entameoba histolytica
- Chlamydia trachomatis
- Cytomegalovirus
- Yersinia enterocolitica
References
- ↑ DuPont HL (2012). "Approach to the patient with infectious colitis". Curr Opin Gastroenterol. 28 (1): 39–46. doi:10.1097/MOG.0b013e32834d3208. PMID 22080825.