title: Severe refractory Clostridium difficile infection with good response to fecal microbiota transplantation: a case report.
abstract: A 49-year-old woman diagnosed with pseudomembranous enterocolitis was transferred to our hospital for medical treatment. She responded poorly to treatment with vancomycin hydrochloride and metronidazole, so she underwent fecal microbiota transplantation. Treatment effects were observed the next day, and the diarrhea disappeared within 3 days. Colonoscopy 4 days later revealed the resolution of pseudomembranes, and no recurrences were reported within the first year after discharge.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Showa University Fujigaoka Hospital.
authors.forename: Kunio
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Asonuma
authors.forename: Yuichiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kuroki
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ino
authors.forename: Shotaro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hanamura
authors.forename: Yuichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takano
authors.forename: Eiichi
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Yamamura
authors.forename: Kuniyo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gomi
authors.forename: Masatsugu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nagahama
authors.forename: Kazuaki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takahashi
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D016360:Clostridioides difficile; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology; D004761:Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / Q000628:therapy*; D000069467:Fecal Microbiota Transplantation; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged