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Obtaining a detailed history, including risk factors is important in making a diagnosis of infectious, as it provides an insight into the possible cause infectious colitis. Symptoms of infectious colitis include diarrhea (either watery or bloody), nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and bloating with or without fever. The symptoms of infectious colitis are often acute in onset and usually not recurrent. History of recurrent diarrhea suggests inflammatory bowel disease. History of antibiotic use especially in a hospitalized patients should will suggest [[''Clostridium difficile'']] as the cause. Less common symptoms may be related to complications of infectious colitis, such as oliguria/anuria, and painless gross hematuria. Abdominal pain and tenderness may be localized, mimicking acute appendicitis.<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> | |||
==History and Symptoms== | ==History and Symptoms== | ||
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Overview
Obtaining a detailed history, including risk factors is important in making a diagnosis of infectious, as it provides an insight into the possible cause infectious colitis. Symptoms of infectious colitis include diarrhea (either watery or bloody), nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and bloating with or without fever. The symptoms of infectious colitis are often acute in onset and usually not recurrent. History of recurrent diarrhea suggests inflammatory bowel disease. History of antibiotic use especially in a hospitalized patients should will suggest ''Clostridium difficile'' as the cause. Less common symptoms may be related to complications of infectious colitis, such as oliguria/anuria, and painless gross hematuria. Abdominal pain and tenderness may be localized, mimicking acute appendicitis.[1]
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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.