[Pseudomembranous colitis due to clindamycine. A new case (author's transl)].

Abstract

A recent case has provided an opportunity for the observation of pseudomembranous colitis occurring after the ingestion of Clindamycine prescribed for a dental abscess. In this condition, the pathogenesis of which remains unclear, there is relative variability in the time taken for clinical signs to appear, as well as in their subsequent duration, but endoscopic and histological findings do however, in the particular context, frequently justify a sure diagnosis. Radiographic examination most often indicates a nonspecific inflammation. Curative treatment is essentially symptom oriented, while the prevention of such complications demands, in addition to close supervision of patients under this medication, particularly strict eclectism in the selection of indications for its administration.