1. Sheth SG et al. Toxic megacolon. Lancet 1998; 351:509-13.

2. Present DH et al. Medical decompression of toxic megacolon by "rolling". J Clin Gastroenterol 1988; 10(5):485-90.

3. Trudel JL et al. Toxic megacolon complicating pseudomembranous enterocolitis. Dis Colon Rectum 1995; 38:1033-37.

4. Morris JB et al. Role of surgery in antibiotic-induced pseudomembranous enterocolitis. Am J Surg 1990; 160:535-39.

5. Banez AV et al. Endoscopic colonic decompression of toxic megacolon, placement of colonic tube, and steroid colonclysis. Am J Gastroenterol 1987; 82:692-4.

6. Present DH. Toxic megacolon. Med Clin N Amer 1993; 77:1129-48.

7. Rubin MS, Bodenstein LE, Kent KC. Severe Clostridium difficile colitis. Dis Colon Rectum 1995;38:350.

8. Latella G, Vernia P, Viscido A, Frieri G, Cadau G, Cocco A, Cossu A, Tomei E, Caprilli R. GI distension in severe ulcerative colitis. Am J Gastroenterol. 2002 May;97(5):1169-75.

9. Siemann M, Koch-Dorfler M, Rabenhorst G. Clostridium difficile-associated diseases. The clinical courses of 18 fatal cases. Intensive Care Med. 2000 Apr;26(4):416-421.