Second-line therapy for Helicobacter pylori eradication causing antibiotic-associated hemorrhagic colitis

Abstract Objective Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) eradication rarely develops into antibiotic-associated hemorrhagic colitis (AAHC), in which the etiology of colitis remains unclear. We herein report a rare case of AAHC caused by second-line therapy for H. pylori eradication. Results A 65-year-old...

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Main Authors: Kazuyuki Tanaka, Mikihiro Fujiya, Aki Sakatani, Shugo Fujibayashi, Yoshiki Nomura, Nobuhiro Ueno, Shin Kashima, Takuma Goto, Junpei Sasajima, Kentaro Moriichi, Toshikatsu Okumura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-08-01
Series:Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12941-017-0230-0