Lincosamide antibiotics are one of the classes of antibiotics most associated with pseudomembranous colitis caused by " Clostridium difficile ".
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Metronidazole ( Flagyl ), which is used to treat certain parasitic infections as well as pseudomembranous colitis, causes similar effects to disulfiram.
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Pseudomembranous colitis has been reported with nearly all antibacterial agents, including erythromycin, and may range in severity from mild to life threatening.
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Due to the fact that an erythematous surface is revealed beneath the pseudomembranes, some consider pseudomembranous candidiasis and erythematous candidiasis stages of the same entity.
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It is characterized by a coating or individual patches of pseudomembranous white slough that can be easily wiped away to reveal erythematous, and sometimes minimally bleeding mucosa beneath.
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TcdA can induce the physiological changes that occur in " C . difficile " related pseudomembranous colitis ( PMC ), a severe ulceration of the colon.
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Post mortem, beetles were found in large numbers in the rumen, associated with symptoms of dramatic congestion and irritation of the abomasum and haemorrhagic pseudomembranous intestinal enteritis.
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Pseudomembranous colitis ( caused by " Clostridium difficile " ) has also developed in some patients; this condition may be fatal in a small number of cases.
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Oral teicoplanin has been demonstrated to be effective in the treatment of pseudomembranous colitis and " Clostridium difficile "-associated diarrhoea, with comparable efficacy with vancomycin.
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The only approved indication for oral vancomycin therapy is in the treatment of pseudomembranous colitis, where it must be given orally to reach the site of infection in the colon.
