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pseudomembranous enterocolitis
a severe acute inflammation of the intestinal mucosa, with formation of pseudomembranous plaques; it is usually associated
with antimicrobial therapy (antibiotic-associated enterocolitis). The common symptoms are watery diarrhea, abdominal cramps, and fever. The pathologic lesions are yellow-green pseudomembranous
plaques of mucinous inflammatory exudate distributed in patches over the colonic mucosa and sometimes also in the small intestine.
Called also pseudomembranous colitis.

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