Lymphocytic colitis: a clue to an infectious trigger. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • We present a 19-year-old patient who was admitted for evaluation of prolonged watery diarrhea. Previous study showed one stool culture positive for Campylobacter jejuni, which was treated with appropriate antibiotics with no response. She underwent colonoscopy with multiple biopsies, which led to a diagnosis of lymphocytic colitis. We believe that the patient's disease was due to the infectious process, which triggered an autoimmune response and caused the lymphocytic colitis.

publication date

  • January 1, 1999

Research

keywords

  • Campylobacter Infections
  • Colitis
  • Diarrhea
  • Lymphocytes

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0033012496

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1080/00365529950172925

PubMed ID

  • 10048742

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 34

issue

  • 1