PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS ENTEROCOLITIS

Domain	Definition
Medicine	An inflammatory condition of the bowel which affects predominantly premature babies and is characterised by abdominal distension, intolerance of enteral feeds, the passage of blood per rectum and pneumatosis intestinalis, the radiological evidence of gas in the bowel wall that is considered a hallmark of the disease. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Specialty Definition: Pseudomembranous enterocolitis

Pseudomembranous enterocolitis is a bowel disease, characterized by diarrhea, fever, vomiting and abdominal (belly) pain. It can be severe and even fatal. It is normally caused by the overuse of antibiotics.

The condition is very frequently seen after the use of clindamycin, cephalosporins and (less often) penicillin, because these antibiotics kill the normal bowel flora that generally keeps the bacteria Clostridium difficile under control. This bacterium produces toxin that cause the symptoms.

The disease can be treated with oral doses of vancomycin. Vancomycin cannot be absorbed from the bowels, so its concentration there will be high, and it kills the C. difficile.

Modern Translation: PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS ENTEROCOLITIS

Language		Translations for "PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS ENTEROCOLITIS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		nekrotiserende enterokolit hos nyfødt (necrotising enterocolitis, necrotizing enterocolitis, neonatal necrotising enterocolitis). (various references)

Dutch		necrotiserende enterocolitis van de pasgeborene (necrotising enterocolitis, necrotizing enterocolitis, neonatal necrotising enterocolitis). (various references)

Finnish		vastasyntyneen ulseronekroottinen enterokoliitti (necrotising enterocolitis, necrotizing enterocolitis, neonatal necrotising enterocolitis). (various references)

French		entérocolite ulcéro-nécrotique du nouveau-né. (various references)

Greek		ελκονεκρωτική εντεροκολίτιδα του νεογνού (necrotising enterocolitis, necrotizing enterocolitis, neonatal necrotising enterocolitis). (various references)

Italian		enterocolite necrotizzante del neonato (necrotising enterocolitis, necrotizing enterocolitis, neonatal necrotising enterocolitis). (various references)

Pig Latin		eudomembranouspsay enterocolitisay

Spanish		enterecolitis necrotizante (necrotising enterocolitis, necrotizing enterocolitis, neonatal necrotising enterocolitis), ECN (necrotising enterocolitis, necrotizing enterocolitis, neonatal necrotising enterocolitis). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS ENTEROCOLITIS

Specialty Definition: PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS ENTEROCOLITIS

Medicine

Specialty Definition: Pseudomembranous enterocolitis

Crosswords: PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS ENTEROCOLITIS

Modern Translation: PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS ENTEROCOLITIS

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