Florid computed tomographic appearance of acute Campylobacter enterocolitis

✍ Scribed by Brown, Gregor ;Bui, Andrew ;Vrazas, John

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 41 KB
• Volume: 44
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0004-8461
• DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1673.2000.00784.x

✦ Synopsis

A 28-year-old male presented with severe abdominal pain and bloody diarrhoea. Computed tomographic scan showed marked swelling of the distal ileum and entire colorectum. The patient recovered and Campylobacter jejuni was subsequently grown from his faeces.