Editing Colitis (section)

===Infectious===
{{anchor|Bacterial colitis|Bacterial}}
* Infectious colitis

A subtype of infectious colitis is [[Clostridioides difficile infection|''Clostridioides difficile'' colitis]],<ref>{{cite web  | title = Clostridium Difficile Colitis – Overview  | publisher = WebMD, LLC  | url = http://www.webmd.com/digestive-disorders/tc/clostridium-difficile-colitis-overview  | access-date = 2006-09-15  | archive-date = 2007-10-16  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071016061526/http://www.webmd.com/digestive-disorders/tc/clostridium-difficile-colitis-overview  | url-status = live  }}</ref> which is informally abbreviated as "C-diff colitis". It classically forms [[wikt:pseudomembrane#Noun|pseudomembranes]] and is often referred to as pseudomembranous colitis, which is its (nonspecific) [[histomorphologic]] description.

[[Enterohemorrhagic]] colitis may be caused by [[Shiga toxin]] in ''[[Shigella dysenteriae]]'' or ''Shigatoxigenic group'' of ''[[Escherichia coli]]'' (STEC), which includes [[serotype]] [[Escherichia coli O157:H7|O157:H7]] and other enterohemorrhagic ''E. coli''.<ref name=Beutin_2006>{{cite journal | vauthors = Beutin L | title = Emerging enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli, causes and effects of the rise of a human pathogen | journal = Journal of Veterinary Medicine. B, Infectious Diseases and Veterinary Public Health | volume = 53 | issue = 7 | pages = 299–305 | date = September 2006 | pmid = 16930272 | doi = 10.1111/j.1439-0450.2006.00968.x }}</ref>

[[Parasitic]] infections, like those caused by ''[[Entamoeba histolytica]]'', can also cause colitis.