title: Fulminant pseudomembranous colitis of the left colon successfully treated by surgical resection.
abstract: Pseudomembranous colitis is the classical and most dramatic manifestation of Clostridium difficile infection. Surgery is required for patients with perforation and for those who fail to respond to medical treatment. This is a report of a patient with severe pseudomembranous inflammation confined to the left colon, which was successfully treated by surgical resection.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Gülhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey. gyagci@gata.edu.tr
authors.forename: Gökhan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yağci
authors.forename: Nihat
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kaymakçioğlu
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Demiriz
authors.forename: Sadettin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cetiner
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D016360:Clostridioides difficile / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003082:Colectomy; D004761:Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged