RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Ulcerative colitis developing after amoebic dysentery in a haemophiliac patient with AIDS.
JF Gut
JO Gut
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Society of Gastroenterology
SP 408
OP 410
DO 10.1136/gut.33.3.408
VO 33
IS 3
A1 I Sturgess
A1 S M Greenfield
A1 J Teare
A1 M J O'Doherty
YR 1992
UL http://gut.bmj.com/content/33/3/408.abstract
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.