Two Patients with Fulminant Clostridium difficile Enteritis Who Had Not Undergone Total Colectomy: A Case Series and Review of the Literature

Table 1

Demographic features, risk factors, and outcomes of reviewed case reports. IBD = inflammatory bowel disease.

cases	Number	Percent/standard deviation
Crohn’s disease	5	7.9%
Ulcerative colitis	27	42.9%
No IBD	31	49.2%
Median age	53.1	20.8
Received antibiotics
Yes	55	87.3%
No	7	11.1%
Not reported	1	1.6%
Antibiotic type
Cephalosporin	19	30.2%
Penicillin/penicillin derivatives	12	19.1%
Fluoroquinolone	13	20.6%
Aminoglycoside	5	7.9%
Metronidazole	14	22.2%
Carbapenem	2	3.2%
Vancomycin	4	6.4%
Rifampin	1	1.6%
Patients with total proctocolectomy with ileal pouch anal anastomosis	26	41.3%
Outcome
Resolution	44	69.8%
Death	19	30.1%