Monocyte Distribution Width Differentiates Bacterial Enterocolitis from Acute Severe Ulcerative Colitis in the Emergency Department
MDW is a novel biomarker that may help distinguish ASUC from bacterial enterocolitis. In patients with ASUC, MDW may predict inpatient infliximab response and identify biochemical remission at 3 months. Validation is required to confirm its utility.
Authors
- Peter De Cruz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3399-7236)
- Joanne Wiid
- Sunny Kaul (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6560-054X)
- Danny Con
- Christopher F. D. Li Wai Suen
- Matthew C. Choy
- Chris Hogan
- Kumar Visvanathan
- Ethan X. Z. Tan
- Michelle Taylor
Institutions
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne (AU)
- Eastern Health (AU)
- Austin Health (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Digestive Diseases and Sciences
- Published
- 2026-03-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-026-09786-w
- Primary Topic
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00