Colitis
Reports Outline Colitis Study Findings from University Hospital
Published in Blood Weekly, November 10th, 2011
2011 NOV 10 -- Researchers detail in "Lessons from a transplant patient with diarrhea, cryptosporidial infection, and possible mycophenolate mofetil-associated colitis," new data in Colitis. "Diarrhea in a transplant recipient may be caused by infection, metabolic problems, or adverse drug effects. The immunosuppressive drug most frequently associated with diarrhea in transplant recipients is mycophenolate mofetil (MMF)," investigators in Zurich, Switzerland report.
"We present the case of a patient with 2 potential explanations for diarrhea lasting several weeks, which occurred years after liver transplantation. Whereas stool samples were positive for...
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Source: Blood Weekly (2011-11-10)
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