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Ulcerative colitis complicating pseudomembranous colitis of the right colon

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toxin was positive in the feces. The administration of vancomycin in addition to oral steroids resulted in rapid improvement of the condition. Total colonoscopy is recommended for precise diagnosis when patients with ulcerative colitis develop intractable diarrhea during or after antibiotic therapy.

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  1. Second Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan, , , , , , JP

    Aiping Wang, Fuminao Takeshima, Maho Ikeda, Ken Ohnita, Hisashi Furusu, Hajime Isomoto, Yohei Mizuta, Kunihiko Murase & Shigeru Kohno

  2. Department of Pharmacotherapeutics, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science, Nagasaki, Japan, , , , , , JP

    Ikuo Murata

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Received: January 15, 2001 / Accepted: November 2, 2001

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Wang, A., Takeshima, F., Ikeda, M. et al. Ulcerative colitis complicating pseudomembranous colitis of the right colon. J Gastroenterol 37, 309–312 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s005350200041

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