Case Records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Case 25-2014. A 37-year-old man with ulcerative colitis and bloody diarrhea

N Engl J Med. 2014 Aug 14;371(7):668-75. doi: 10.1056/NEJMcpc1400842.

Abstract

A 37-year-old man with ulcerative colitis was admitted to the hospital because of abdominal cramping, diarrhea, hematochezia, fever to a peak temperature of 38.8 °C, and drenching night sweats. Several weeks earlier, he had performed home fecal transplantation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Clinical Conference
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Colitis, Ulcerative / complications
  • Colitis, Ulcerative / pathology*
  • Colon / pathology*
  • Cytomegalovirus Infections / complications
  • Cytomegalovirus Infections / diagnosis
  • Cytomegalovirus Infections / pathology*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Diarrhea / etiology
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / etiology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Spasm / etiology