The efficacy of fecal microbiota transplantation for patients with chronic pouchitis: A case series

Pouchitis is one of the most common complications that develop after restorative proctocolectomy with ileal pouch‐anal anastomosis for ulcerative colitis. Single fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) by colonoscopy was performed safely on three patients with pouchitis. However, the efficacy of FMT...

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Autores principales: Nishida, Atsushi, Imaeda, Hirotsugu, Inatomi, Osamu, Bamba, Shigeki, Sugimoto, Mitsushige, Andoh, Akira
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6452488/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30997086
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2096
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Sumario:Pouchitis is one of the most common complications that develop after restorative proctocolectomy with ileal pouch‐anal anastomosis for ulcerative colitis. Single fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) by colonoscopy was performed safely on three patients with pouchitis. However, the efficacy of FMT on pouchitis was limited.

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