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AIDS-Related Enterocolitis

MedGen UID:
231002
•Concept ID:
C1332043
•
Disease or Syndrome

Definition

Enterocolitis associated with the AIDS virus. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVAIDS-Related Enterocolitis

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Clostridium difficile diarrhea in patients with AIDS versus non-AIDS controls. Methods of treatment and clinical response to treatment.
Cozart JC, Kalangi SS, Clench MH, Taylor DR, Borucki MJ, Pollard RB, Soloway RD
J Clin Gastroenterol 1993 Apr;16(3):192-4. doi: 10.1097/00004836-199304000-00004. PMID: 8505488

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Clostridium difficile infection in patients with HIV/AIDS.
Collini PJ, Kuijper E, Dockrell DH
Curr HIV/AIDS Rep 2013 Sep;10(3):273-82. doi: 10.1007/s11904-013-0162-z. PMID: 23657793
Epidemiology and outcome of Clostridium difficile infection and diarrhea in HIV infected inpatients.
Pulvirenti JJ, Mehra T, Hafiz I, DeMarais P, Marsh D, Kocka F, Meyer PM, Fischer SA, Goodman L, Gerding DN, Weinstein RA
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2002 Dec;44(4):325-30. doi: 10.1016/s0732-8893(02)00462-5. PMID: 12543536
Clostridium difficile infections in HIV-positive patients.
Wongwanich S, Ramsiri S, Kusum M, Warachit P
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 2000 Sep;31(3):537-9. PMID: 11289016
Diarrhea and Clostridium difficile infection in Latin American patients with AIDS. Working Group on AIDS in Peru.
Willingham FF, Ticona Chavez E, Taylor DN, Bowen AB, Crane AR, Gottlieb AL, Gayles MK, Grahn KF, Chavez Perez VM, Salas Apolinario I, Gilman RH
Clin Infect Dis 1998 Sep;27(3):487-93. doi: 10.1086/514688. PMID: 9770145
Neutropenia and bacterial infection in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
Moore RD, Keruly JC, Chaisson RE
Arch Intern Med 1995 Oct 9;155(18):1965-70. PMID: 7575050

Diagnosis

Clostridium difficile infection in patients with HIV/AIDS.
Collini PJ, Kuijper E, Dockrell DH
Curr HIV/AIDS Rep 2013 Sep;10(3):273-82. doi: 10.1007/s11904-013-0162-z. PMID: 23657793
Epidemiology and outcome of Clostridium difficile infection and diarrhea in HIV infected inpatients.
Pulvirenti JJ, Mehra T, Hafiz I, DeMarais P, Marsh D, Kocka F, Meyer PM, Fischer SA, Goodman L, Gerding DN, Weinstein RA
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2002 Dec;44(4):325-30. doi: 10.1016/s0732-8893(02)00462-5. PMID: 12543536
Clostridium difficile infections in HIV-positive patients.
Wongwanich S, Ramsiri S, Kusum M, Warachit P
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 2000 Sep;31(3):537-9. PMID: 11289016
Albendazole-induced pseudomembranous colitis.
Shah V, Marino C, Altice FL
Am J Gastroenterol 1996 Jul;91(7):1453-4. PMID: 8678015
Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Weekly clinicopathological exercises. Case 17-1996. A 48-year-old man with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, abdominal pain, and bloody diarrhea.
N Engl J Med 1996 May 30;334(22):1461-7. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199605303342208. PMID: 8618586

Therapy

Albendazole-induced pseudomembranous colitis.
Shah V, Marino C, Altice FL
Am J Gastroenterol 1996 Jul;91(7):1453-4. PMID: 8678015
Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection: a case-control study.
Tumbarello M, Tacconelli E, Leone F, Cauda R, Ortona L
Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 1995 Mar;7(3):259-63. PMID: 7743309
Clostridium difficile colitis associated with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole given as prophylaxis for Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia.
Gordin F, Gibert C, Schmidt ME
Am J Med 1994 Jan;96(1):94-5. doi: 10.1016/0002-9343(94)90124-4. PMID: 8304370
Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea in patients with HIV positivity and AIDS: a prospective controlled study.
Lu SS, Schwartz JM, Simon DM, Brandt LJ
Am J Gastroenterol 1994 Aug;89(8):1226-9. PMID: 8053439
Clostridium difficile diarrhea in patients with AIDS versus non-AIDS controls. Methods of treatment and clinical response to treatment.
Cozart JC, Kalangi SS, Clench MH, Taylor DR, Borucki MJ, Pollard RB, Soloway RD
J Clin Gastroenterol 1993 Apr;16(3):192-4. doi: 10.1097/00004836-199304000-00004. PMID: 8505488

Prognosis

Leukemoid reaction due to Clostridium dificile infection in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: two case reports and a review of the literature.
De Toledo FG, Symes SN
South Med J 2004 Apr;97(4):388-92. doi: 10.1097/01.smj.0000051279.00946.2c. PMID: 15108834
Contrasting incidence of Clostridium difficile and other enteropathogens in AIDS patients in London and Lusaka.
Zulu I, Kelly P, Mwansa J, Veitch A, Farthing MJ
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 2000 Mar-Apr;94(2):167-8. doi: 10.1016/s0035-9203(00)90260-8. PMID: 10897357
Diarrhea and Clostridium difficile infection in Latin American patients with AIDS. Working Group on AIDS in Peru.
Willingham FF, Ticona Chavez E, Taylor DN, Bowen AB, Crane AR, Gottlieb AL, Gayles MK, Grahn KF, Chavez Perez VM, Salas Apolinario I, Gilman RH
Clin Infect Dis 1998 Sep;27(3):487-93. doi: 10.1086/514688. PMID: 9770145
Neutropenia and bacterial infection in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
Moore RD, Keruly JC, Chaisson RE
Arch Intern Med 1995 Oct 9;155(18):1965-70. PMID: 7575050
Necrotizing Candida enterocolitis in AIDS: CT features.
Balthazar EJ, Stern J
J Comput Assist Tomogr 1994 Mar-Apr;18(2):298-300. doi: 10.1097/00004728-199403000-00026. PMID: 8126287

Clinical prediction guides

Clostridium difficile infection in patients with HIV/AIDS.
Collini PJ, Kuijper E, Dockrell DH
Curr HIV/AIDS Rep 2013 Sep;10(3):273-82. doi: 10.1007/s11904-013-0162-z. PMID: 23657793
Clostridium difficile infections in HIV-positive patients.
Wongwanich S, Ramsiri S, Kusum M, Warachit P
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 2000 Sep;31(3):537-9. PMID: 11289016
Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection: a case-control study.
Tumbarello M, Tacconelli E, Leone F, Cauda R, Ortona L
Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 1995 Mar;7(3):259-63. PMID: 7743309

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