Enterocolitis

Enterocolitis
	Classification and external resources
ICD-10	A04.7, K51.0
MeSH	D004760

Enterocolitis (or "coloenteritis") is an inflammation of the colon and small intestine.^[1] However, most conditions are categorized as one or the other of the following:

Enteritis is the inflammation of the small intestine
Colitis is inflammation of the large intestine, especially the colon

Types

Specific types of enterocolitis include:

necrotizing enterocolitis (most common in premature infants)
autistic enterocolitis (a controversial manifestation of bowel disease in autistic children)
pseudomembranous enterocolitis (also called "Pseudomembranous colitis")