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Pseudomembranous Colitis

Acute diarrhoeal illness following broad-spectrum antibiotics

Pseudomembranous Colitis

 

·        Acute diarrhoeal illness following broad-spectrum antibiotics

·        Overgrowth of clostridium difficile

·        Macroscopic appearance: Puss erupting from glands (like little volcanoes, cauliflowers) 

·        Microscopic appearance: superficial necrosis of epithelium and crypts, ­­mucus/puss over the surface

 

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