Infectious colitis - E. coli 0157:H7
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E. coli (0157:H7) colitis has a predilection for involvementof the transverse colon and both ascending/descending colon with right sided predominance. The location of bowel involvement may give clues to the type of infectious colitidescolitis responsible.
Typhoid fever (salmonellosis) has a predilection for involving the cecumcaecum, ascending colon and invariably inthe ileum. Shigellosis predominantly affect predominantly affects the descending colon. Campylobacteriosis affectaffects the small bowel and colon.
Clinical history will often provide clue to the underlying aetiology. Non-infectious cause of colitis to be considered include include inflammatory bowel disease in adults, ischaemic colitis in the elderly and pseudomembraneous colitis.
-<p><em>E. coli</em> (0157:H7) <a href="/articles/colitis" title="colitis">colitis</a> has a predilection for involvement-of the transverse colon and both ascending/descending colon with right sided predominance. The location of bowel involvement may give clues to the type of infectious colitides. </p><p>Typhoid fever (salmonellosis) has a predilection for involving the cecum, ascending colon and invariably in ileum. Shigellosis predominantly affect the descending colon. Campylobacteriosis affect the small bowel and colon. </p><p>Clinical history will often provide clue to the underlying aetiology. Non-infectious cause of colitis to be considered include <a href="/articles/inflammatory-bowel-disease" title="Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)">inflammatory bowel disease</a> in adults, <a href="/articles/ischaemic-colitis" title="Ischaemic colitis">ischaemic colitis</a> in the elderly and <a href="/articles/clostridium-difficile-colitis" title="pseudomembraneous colitis">pseudomembraneous colitis</a>. </p>- +<p><em>E. coli</em> (0157:H7) <a href="/articles/colitis" title="colitis">colitis</a> has a predilection for involvement of the transverse colon and both ascending/descending colon with right sided predominance. The location of bowel involvement may give clues to the type of infectious colitis responsible. </p><p>Typhoid fever (salmonellosis) has a predilection for involving the caecum, ascending colon and invariably the ileum. Shigellosis predominantly affects the descending colon. Campylobacteriosis affects the small bowel and colon. </p><p>Clinical history will often provide clue to the underlying aetiology. Non-infectious cause of colitis to be considered include <a href="/articles/inflammatory-bowel-disease" title="Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)">inflammatory bowel disease</a> in adults, <a href="/articles/ischaemic-colitis" title="Ischaemic colitis">ischaemic colitis</a> in the elderly and <a href="/articles/clostridioides-difficile-colitis" title="pseudomembraneous colitis">pseudomembraneous colitis</a>.</p>
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