Pediatric Patient With Ulcerative Colitis-Associated Bronchiectasis

Bronchiectasis with ulcerative colitis and myelopathy.

Lactobacillus bacteremia associated with probiotic use in a pediatric patient with ulcerative colitis.

Probiotic strains of Lactobacillus are currently used in a variety of clinical practices with limited evidence to support their use. Lactobacillus species are a normal part of gastrointestinal flora, and bacteremia with probiotic strains of Lactobacillus is very uncommon. We describe a case of Lactobacillus bacteremia in a 17-year-old boy with ulcerative colitis managed with systemic corticoste...

Adalimumab-associated bullous pemphigoid in a patient with ulcerative colitis

BP: bullous pemphigoid TNF: tumor necrosis factor INTRODUCTION Bullous pemphigoid (BP) is an uncommon skin condition in which erythematous, urticarial papules and plaques progress to form tense bullae, typically in elderly men and women. In this disease, IgG autoantibodies are directed against hemidesmosome proteins, resulting in the formation of subepidermal vesicles. At least 50 drugs have be...

Nephritis Associated with Ulcerative Colitis

Ulcerative colitis (UC) is an idiopathic chronic inflammatory disease of the colon and rectum, characterized by mucosal inflammation and typically presenting with bloody diarrhea. Crohn’s disease is characterized by transmural inflammation of the gut wall and can affect any part of the tubular gastrointestinal tract. Although the underlying etiology and exact pathogenesis remain fully unclarifi...

Polymyositis associated with ulcerative colitis.

An elderly woman with chronic ulcerative colitis who developed proximal muscle weakness, increased serum creatine phosphokinase activity, and histological and electromyographic abnormalities characteristic of polymyositis is described. Treatment with corticosteroids and 5-acetylsalicylic acid was followed by a remission in bowel symptoms, improvement in muscle power, and reversal of electromyog...