An elderly woman with severe enteritis mimicking infectious enteritis

Cyclophosphamide-associated enteritis: A rare association with severe enteritis

Cyclophosphamide is a potent cytotoxic agent used in many clinical settings. The main risks of cyclophosphamide therapy include hematological disorders, infertility, hemorrhagic cystitis and malignancies. Gastrointestinal side effects reported to date are often non-specific and not severe. We present the first case of a fatal small bowel enteritis and pan-colitis which appears to be associated ...

First report on infectious necrotic enteritis in piglets in Iran

CMV Enteritis Causing Massive Intestinal Hemorrhage in an Elderly Patient

Background. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease is rare in previously immunocompetent patients. We report a case of CMV enteritis complicated by massive intestinal bleeding. Case History. A 72-year-old immunocompetent patient was admitted for diarrhea and abdominal pain. Aspecific pattern of duodenitis was found at abdomen computed tomography and on biopsies during endoscopy. A diagnosis of vasculiti...

Cytomegalovirus Enteritis Causing Ileal Perforation in an Elderly Immunocompetent Individual

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is usually subclinical in immunocompetent individuals, however it can be life threatening in an elderly immunocompetent individual. We report a case of CMV enteritis causing ileal perforation in a physically active elderly man. An 88-year-old healthy man presented with abdominal pain and diarrhea. After initial conservative treatment, emergency laparotomy was per...

Feline Enteritis

FEU]SE ENTKiîiTis is au acute, specific, infectious, highly contagious disease of cats, usually young cats, commonly known as infectious gastroenteritis and feline distemper.^ It is also referred to as croupous enteritis, epizootic enteritis, malignant panleucopenia, infectious feline agranulocytosis, and feline typhus. The disease, which is world-wide in distribution, occurs in all parts of th...