PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Sturgess, I
AU  - Greenfield, S M
AU  - Teare, J
AU  - O'Doherty, M J
TI  - Ulcerative colitis developing after amoebic dysentery in a haemophiliac patient with AIDS.
AID  - 10.1136/gut.33.3.408
DP  - 1992 Mar 01
TA  - Gut
PG  - 408--410
VI  - 33
IP  - 3
4099  - http://gut.bmj.com/content/33/3/408.short
4100  - http://gut.bmj.com/content/33/3/408.full
SO  - Gut1992 Mar 01; 33
AB  - Severe diarrhoea in patients with the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is usually a manifestation of gastrointestinal infection by a variety of organisms. We report a patient with low CD4 T cell counts who developed ulcerative colitis after amoebic dysentery. He subsequently developed acute ulcerative colitis with toxic dilatation while he was severely immunocompromised. He responded to corticosteroids and mesalazine and remains well on maintenance therapy.