Methods: Tissue samples were obtained endoscopically or surgically from patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) (n=20), Crohn’s disease (CD) (n=20), infectious colitis (n=5), ischaemic colitis (n=8), ...

Medically reviewed by Jay N. Yepuri, MD Ulcerative colitis is a type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). A problem with the immune system leads to inflammation, primarily in the large intestine ...

Some cases are associated with celiac disease, use of various drugs or enteric infections. Lymphocytic colitis can occur in association with other autoimmune disorders, but for most patients with ...

Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis are idiopathic ... This approach addresses the possibility of a specific infectious etiology and the various ways that commensal bacteria can induce chronic ...