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Toxic megacolon is usually a Clostridium difficile " infections, which have led to pseudomembranous colitis.
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CMV may also increase the risk of toxic megacolon in non-HIV / AIDS patients with IBD.
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In patients with HIV / AIDS, cytomegalovirus ( CMV ) colitis is the leading cause of toxic megacolon and emergency laparotomy.
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It is a type of megacolon, sometimes referred to as " acute megacolon ", to distinguish it from toxic megacolon.
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Additionally, caution should be used when treating people with advanced HIV as there have been cases of both viral and bacterial toxic megacolon.
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Overgrowth of " resistant to clindamycin, results in the production of a toxin that causes a range of adverse effects, from diarrhea to colitis and toxic megacolon.
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Patients with fulminant or toxic colitis or toxic megacolon often have more than 10 bowel movements in a day, continuous bleeding, abdominal distention and tenderness, and radiologic evidence of edema and, in some cases, bowel dilation.
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The total removal of the colon, called a colectomy or resection of affected parts of the colon may be needed if part of the gut dies ( for instance toxic megacolon ), or if there is a localised area of dysmotility.
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When a colectomy is performed as an emergency ( which can arise from toxic megacolon and other complications ), or when the patient is extremely ill, the colectomy and pouch construction are performed in separate stages, resulting in a three-part surgery.
