Open AccessClostridium difficileColitis after Forced Anal‐Receptive Intercourse
Author(s) -
Y Arias Guzman,
Elizabeth A. Stone,
Horatio B. Fung,
Norbert Bräu
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1086/367652
Subject(s) - medicine , clostridium difficile , colitis , clostridium difficile colitis , clostridium difficile toxin a , diarrhea , gastroenterology , immunology , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics , biology
Colitis caused by Clostridium difficile toxin has been reported in homosexual men. We report a case of C. difficile colitis that occurred in an immunocompetent heterosexual man after forced anal-receptive intercourse.
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