Salmonella colitis
Giger, M.; Nüesch, H.J.; Seefeld, U.; Jaeger, M.; Wüst, W.; Siebenmann, R.; Deyhle, P.; Blum, A.L.
Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift 109(36): 1309-1313
1979
ISSN/ISBN: 0036-7672 PMID: 388615 Document Number: 147023
Salmonella colitis is defined on the basis of 3 case reports and 75 well-documented cases from the literature. Salmonella colitis is an acute ulcerative colitis occurring in enteric salmonellosis. There is complete clinical and endoscopic remission within 4--8 weeks and no relapse. The disease is to be distinguished from idiopathic ulcerative colitis in a salmonella carrier state. The difficulties of this differential diagnosis are demonstrated in a further case report.