title: A case of toxic megacolon caused by clostridium difficile infection and treated with fecal microbiota transplantation.
abstract: Clostridium difficile infection. The mortality rate of fulminant C. difficile infection is reported to be as high as 50%. Fecal microbiota transplantation is a highly effective treatment in patients with recurrent or refractory C. difficile infection. However, there are few published articles on the use of such transplantation for fulminant C. difficile infection. Here, we report on a patient with toxic megacolon complicated by C. difficile infection who was treated successfully with fecal mi-crobiota transplantation. (Gut Liver, 2015;9:247-250).
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Tae Geun
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Gweon
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Kyung Jin
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Dong Hoon
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Sung Soo
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Kyung Hoon
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Hyeon Jin
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Seong
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Tae Hyun
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Ban
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Sung Jin
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Moon
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Jin Su
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Sang Woo
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016360:Clostridioides difficile; D004761:Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / Q000150:complications*; D000069467:Fecal Microbiota Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008532:Megacolon, Toxic / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy*
keywords: Fecal microbiota transplantation; Fulminant Clostridium difficile infection; Megaco-lon, toxic