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Pseudomembranous Colitis
High resolution image: Pseudomembranous colitis in the rectum
Pseudomembranous Colitis
This disease, caused by a clostridium difficile-infection, and most oftenly seen after antibiotic treatment, causes these yellow-white membranes on the colonic mucosa. The diagnose is easy, Clostridium difficile grows from faecal samples, and the Clostridium toxines are positive. The disease is treated with metronidazol or vancomycin.
Pseudomembranous Colitis
Treatment with peroral cephalosporines is nowadays a usual cause of PMC. This patient had been treated by peroral cefuroxime.
Pseudomembranous Colitis
The same patient as above, a pseudomembranous colitis caused by peroral cefuroxime.
High resolution image: Pseudomembranous colitis in the rectum
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