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colitis
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colitis

Inflammation of the colon (large intestine) with diarrhoea (often bloody). It is usually due to infection or some types of bacterial dysentery.



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The presence of flaskshaped ulceration present in the mucosa raises the interesting differential diagnosis of infectious colitis (eg, amoebic colitis, Salmonella or Yersinia) versus inflammatory bowel disease.
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