Abstract
Hemorrhagic colitis due to drug is an iatrogenic disease that is charactrized by sudden colicky pain, intense loose stools and bloody diarrhea in a few day after administration.
We have experienced a case of suspected hemorrhagic colitis.
The patient was a 36-year-old female, whose impacted third molar was extracted. Aspoxicillin was administered by intravenous injection for preventing postoperative infection. After four days of administration, it was recognized that there was intense lower abdominal pain and the patient passed bloody diarrhea 15 times, and after five days 31 times. On the same day, bacteological examination of the patient's stool did not reveal Clostridium difficile D-1 toxin.
For treatment the administration of aspoxicillin was discontinued, and food was stopped and she was given drip infusion of electrolytes. After eleven days, she recovered.
According to these findings, hemorrhagic colitis due to aspoxicillin was suspected.
