Silent Megacolon: Fulminant Clostridioides Difficile Infection Without Diarrhea Mimicking Acute Colonic Pseudo-Obstruction

Ahmad Zain, Shafaq Saleem, Matthew Yurkewicz, Bryant Javier, Nathan Vicknair, Mohammed Mustafa Nayeem, Sung Yang, Sai Prasanna Lekkala

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DOI: 10.14309/crj.0000000000002149
Published: 2026-05-28
Container: ACG Case Reports Journal
Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
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@article{allodium:10.14309/crj.0000000000002149,
  title = {Silent Megacolon: Fulminant Clostridioides Difficile Infection Without Diarrhea Mimicking Acute Colonic Pseudo-Obstruction},
  author = {Ahmad Zain and Shafaq Saleem and Matthew Yurkewicz and Bryant Javier and Nathan Vicknair and Mohammed Mustafa Nayeem and Sung Yang and Sai Prasanna Lekkala},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {ACG Case Reports Journal},
  doi = {10.14309/crj.0000000000002149},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.14309/crj.0000000000002149}
}

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AU  - Ahmad Zain
AU  - Shafaq Saleem
AU  - Matthew Yurkewicz
AU  - Bryant Javier
AU  - Nathan Vicknair
AU  - Mohammed Mustafa Nayeem
AU  - Sung Yang
AU  - Sai Prasanna Lekkala
PY  - 2026
JO  - ACG Case Reports Journal
DO  - 10.14309/crj.0000000000002149
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Zain, A., Saleem, S., Yurkewicz, M., Javier, B., Vicknair, N., Nayeem, M. M., Yang, S., & Lekkala, S. P. (2026). Silent Megacolon: Fulminant Clostridioides Difficile Infection Without Diarrhea Mimicking Acute Colonic Pseudo-Obstruction. ACG Case Reports Journal. https://doi.org/10.14309/crj.0000000000002149

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