Pseudomembranous Enterocolitis

MARKLEY, JOHN C.

doi:10.1001/archsurg.1958.01290030152017

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“…In the past several penicillins including ampicillin (Keating et al, 1974), streptomycin (Hartmann and Augevine, 1956), the tetracyclines, chloramphenicol (Newman, 1956) and erythromycin (Hardaway and McKay, I959), novobiocin (Baden, 1957) and neomycin (Groll et al, 1970) have been implicated (Altemeier et al, 1963). It is possible that antibiotics may interact with local factors within the intestine, such as ischaemia (Markley et al, 1958), thrombosis (McKay et al, 1955, changes following intestinal surgery (Petter et al, 1954;Hale and Cosgriff, 1957) and obstruction (Petter et al, 1954;Menaker and Van Hagen, 1959).…”

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Colitis and diarrhoea: A problem with antibiotic therapy

Beavis

Parsons

Salfield

1976

Journal of British Surgery

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During a 19-month study the incidence of diarrhoea and colitis was estimated in 1158 orthopaedic inpatients admitted to the Guy's group of hospitals. The highest incidence of diarrhoea followed the use of lincomycin (22.2 per cent), ampicillin with cloxacillin (17.2 per cent), clindamycin (15.3 per cent) and combined therapy with cloxacillin and tetracycline (12.5 per cent). There were 3 documented cases of colitis; 2 followed lincomycin and 1 clindamycin. The incidence and relationship of antibiotic-related diarrhoea and colitis to possible aetiological factors are discussed. In orthopaedic inpatients, in whom lincomycin and clindamycin are often the antibiotics of choice, their continued use appears to be fully justified by the low incidence of colitis. However, if a patient receiving treatment with either of these antibiotics does develop diarrhoea, the antibiotic should be discontinued immediately, to reduce the risk of subsequent colitis.

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