A rare effect of a commonly used therapy or sever Clostridium difficile caused haemorrhagic colitis in association with Schönlein-Henoch vasculitis after Helicobacter pylori eradi…
N Csoszánszki, E Tomsits · Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie · 2004 · Heft 05
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Zusammenfassung
Scönlein-Henoch vasculitis (SHV) in pediatrics is a relatively common disease. Its main signs can be typical purpuras, abdominal pain, kidney disease, and arthritis. The average age of the patients is around five years. It is thought that in the development of SHV viral and bacterial agents has the main causative role. Beyond the most commonly accounted Streptococcuses or other respiratory tract infective agents, there are other rarer germs which could be etiologic factors. With the presentation of our case we would like to emphasize the possible association of Clostridium difficile infection and SHV, what is le…