Table 3.

Causes of diarrhoea, other than Clostridium difficile associated diarrhoea, in patients that underwent flexible sigmoidoscopy

Cause of diarrhoea	No of patients
Antibiotics	22
Probable gastrointestinal infection	19
Unknown cause	17
Constipation with overflow	13
Campylobacter infection	11
Inflammatory bowel disease	11
Salmonella infection	5
Ischaemic colitis	4
Irritable bowel syndrome	4
Carcinoid	3
Drug induced	2
Coeliac disease	1
Pancreatic insufficiency	1
Collagenous colitis	1
E coli 0157	1
Colonic cancer	1