Enterocolitis

Enterocolitis (or "coloenteritis") is an inflammation of the colon and small intestine. However, most conditions are categorfized 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 entity of bowel disease in autistic children)
 * pseudomembranous enterocolitis (also called "Pseudomembranous colitis")