Fatal pseudomembranous enterocolitis following clindamycin therapy.

A fatal case of pseudomembranous enterocolitis following oral and parenteral clindamycin therapy is presented. Interesting features in this case are involvement of the small bowel and complete sparing of the large bowel distal to a defunctioning transverse colostomy. The significance of the absence of disease in the defunctioned bowel is discussed in terms of aetiology and diagnosis of pseudomembranous enterocolitis.