A Case of Toxic Megacolon Caused by Clostridium difficile Infection and Treated with Fecal Microbiota Transplantation

Toxic megacolon is a rare clinical complication of fulminant 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. difficil...

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Autores principales: Gweon, Tae-Geun, Lee, Kyung Jin, Kang, Donghoon, Park, Sung Soo, Kim, Kyung Hoon, Seong, Hyeonjin, Ban, Tae-Hyun, Moon, Sung Jin, Kim, Jin Su, Kim, Sang Woo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Gut and Liver 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4351033/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25721003
http://dx.doi.org/10.5009/gnl14152

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