Abstract
A case of acute hemorrhagic colitis following administration of amoxicillin is presented.
A 65-year-old male was prescribed amoxicillin for preventing postoperative infection after alveoplasty of the maxillary ridge. After three days of administration, he suffered from lower abdominal pain and loose stools followed by bloody diarrhea. Colonoscopy showed the bleeding and erosion of the mucosa of the sigmoid colon. Bacteriological examination of patient's the stool revealed Klebsiella oxytoca.
According to these findings, it was diagnosed as acute hemorrhagic colitis due to amoxicillin.
