Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jul 15, 2026
Fecal Microbiota Transplantation via Colonoscopy for Recurrent C. difficile Infection
Published on: December 8, 2014
Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea after living donor liver transplantation
Masao Hashimoto1, Yasuhiko Sugawara, Sumihito Tamura
1Artificial Organ and Transplantation Division, Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan.
Aim:
To assess the incidence and analyze the risk factors for Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea (CDAD) after living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) in adult.
Methods:
The microbiological data and medical records of 242 adult recipients that underwent LDLT at the Tokyo University Hospital were analyzed retrospectively. The independent risk factors for postoperative CDAD were identified.
Results:
Postoperative CDAD occurred in 11 (5%) patients. Median onset of CDAD was postoperative d 19 (range, 5-54). In the multivariate analyses, male gender (odds ratio, 4.56) and serum creatinine (>or= 1.5 mg/dL, odds ratio, 16.0) independently predicted postoperative CDAD.
Conclusion:
CDAD should be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients with postoperative diarrhea after LDLT.
Related Concept Videos
01:26Kidney Transplant II: Surgical Procedure
01:28Kidney Transplant I: Introduction
01:24Tissue Transplantation
The Biology of Tissue Transplantation
The biology of tissue transplantation hinges on the Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) molecules. These molecules...