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Morbidity related to C. difficile infection and treatment
| Morbidity after fulminant C. difficile colitis (%) | |
| Overall 30-day mortality | 34–57 |
| 5-Year survival rates | 16.3–38 |
| Subtotal colectomy and end ileostomy mortality rate | 11 |
| Segmental colectomy mortality rate | 42–100 |
| Diverting loop ileostomy with colonic lavage mortality rate | 19 |
| Stoma reversal rate | 20 |
