Noriaki Oguri, Akihito Sakuraba, Hiromu Morikubo, Oki Kikuchi, Taro Sato, Soutaro Tokunaga, Shintaro Minowa, Osamu Ikezaki, Tatsuya Mitsui, Miki Miura, Daisuke Saito, Mari Hayashida, Hideaki Mori, Takako Osaki, Shigeru Kamiya, Mitsutoshi Senoh, Haru Kato, Tadakazu Hisamatsu
We report a case of community-acquired fulminant colitis caused by Clostridium difficile in Japan. A 46-year-old woman was diagnosed with severe infectious enterocolitis and was admitted at another hospital. The stool culture was positive for toxigenic C. difficile. Since the patient presented with fulminant C. difficile infection (CDI) with toxic megacolon, respiratory insufficiency, and circulatory failure, she was transferred to Kyorin University Hospital for intensive care. Intubation and antibiotic therapy were performed...
February 14, 2019: Clinical Journal of Gastroenterology