PubMed · 7919768
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U G Stauffer. 1994. Necrotizing enterocolitis.. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1651-2227.1994.tb13108.x
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UNLABELLED: Two previously healthy infants with Pseudomonas septicaemia presented with necrotizing bowel lesions. Necrotizing bowel lesions should be suspected when infants presenting with a history of diarrhoea, develop abdominal distension and toxic signs. Pseudomonas aeruginosa should be regarded as one of the important aetiologies in such disorders, especially if there is associated neutropenia and ecthyma gangrenosum-like lesions. Antibiotics must be able to cover this pathogen to avert a catastrophic outcome. CONCLUSION: The intestine should be considered a possible site of involvement in Pseudomonas sepsis and special attention should be paid to examination of the abdomen.
A case illustrating that ultrasound can be useful in the diagnosis of pseudomembranous colitis is reported. Diagnosis of pseudomembranous colitis is usually made from microbiological or histopathological investigations. The ultrasound appearance of grossly thickened bowel wall with luminal narrowing is non-specific, but in the correct clinical context should suggest the diagnosis of pseudomembranous colitis.