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Douglas E. Rollins, MD, PhD; Donald Moeller, MD
University of Kansas Medical Center Kansas City

JAMA. 1975;231(12):1228.

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To the Editor.—

In their article, Cohen et al (223:1379, 1973) described pseudomembranous colitis following therapy with clindamycin hydrochloride. Despite the association of arthritis with inflammatory intestinal disease, there are no reports in the literature of arthritis occurring with antibiotic-induced colitis. We would like to report a case of pseudomembranous colitis with acute migratory polyarthritis following therapy with clindamycin.

Report of a Case.—

A 55-year-old man with no previous history of intestinal or arthritic disease had nonspecific sialadenitis and was treated for 12 days with clindamycin hydrochloride, 150 mg orally four times a day. During the course of therapy, he had two to three loose stools per day, increasing to eight to ten watery, mucoid, nonbloody stools daily. This persisted for four weeks. Twenty-seven days after stopping clindamycin therapy, when his diarrhea was most severe, he had an acute migratory polyarthritis involving the shoulders, elbows, knees, ankles, and the metacarpophalangeal . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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