Treatment failure of fecal microbiota transplant for pseudomembranous colitis due to coexistent cytomegalovirus colitis

J Microbiol Immunol Infect. 2016 Aug;49(4):617-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jmii.2015.05.021. Epub 2015 Jun 30.

Authors

Huwi-Chun Chao¹, Wen-Liang Yu²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan.
² Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan; Department of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan. Electronic address: yuleon_md@yahoo.com.tw.

PMID: 26190060
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmii.2015.05.021

No abstract available

Keywords: cytomegalovirus colitis; fecal microbiota transplant; pseudomembranous colitis.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Clostridioides difficile / pathogenicity
Cytomegalovirus
Cytomegalovirus Infections / complications*
Cytomegalovirus Infections / virology
Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / microbiology
Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / therapy*
Fecal Microbiota Transplantation / methods*
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Treatment Failure