TABLE 2.

Results of FMT in severely ill patients

Complication/extenuating factors	Success rate	Reference
Severe CDI: hypoalbuminemia (<3 g/dl) with peripheral white blood cell (WBC) count >15,000/μl and/or abdominal tenderness	91% (primary cure rate)	144
Complicated CDI: occurrence of 1 or more of the following as a consequence of CDI: admission to the intensive care unit, altered mental status, hypotension, fever >38.5°C, ileus, WBC <2,000 or >30,000/μl, lactate >2.2 mmol/liter, or evidence of end-organ damage	66% (primary cure rate)	144
Fulminant, life-threatening CDI	Case report	173
Fulminant CDI in an allogeneic stem cell transplant patient	Case report	174
Fulminant, life-threatening CDI with toxic megacolon	Case report	175