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==Overview== | ==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. | |||
==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:<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> | ||
*[[Shigellosis | *[[Shigellosis natural history, complications and prognosis|''Shigella spp.'']] | ||
*[[Campylobacteriosis | *[[Campylobacteriosis natural history, complications and prognosis|''Campylobacter jejuni'']] | ||
*[[Clostridium difficile infection | *[[Clostridium difficile infection natural history, complications and prognosis|''Clostridium difficile'']] | ||
*[[Escherichia coli enteritis | *[[Escherichia coli enteritis natural history, complications and prognosis|''Escherichia coli'']] | ||
*[[Salmonellosis | *[[Salmonellosis natural history, complications and prognosis|Nontyphoidal ''Salmonella'']] | ||
*[[Amoebiasis | *[[Amoebiasis natural history, complications and prognosis|''Entameoba histolytica'']] | ||
*[[Lymphogranuloma venereum | *[[Lymphogranuloma venereum natural history, complications and prognosis|''Chlamydia trachomatis'']] | ||
*[[Cytomegalovirus infection | *[[Cytomegalovirus infection natural history, complications and prognosis|''Cytomegalovirus'']] | ||
*[[Yersinia enterocolitica infection | *[[Yersinia enterocolitica infection natural history, complications and prognosis|''Yersinia enterocolitica'']] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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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.
Natural History, Complications and Prognosis
The natural history of infectious colitis depends on the pathogen causing infectious colitis as follows:[1]
- 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.