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

Atsushi NishidaHirotsugu ImaedaOsamu InatomiShigeki BambaMitsushige SugimotoAkira Andoh
Published in: Clinical case reports (2019)
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.
Keyphrases
  • ulcerative colitis
  • cell therapy
  • high grade
  • mesenchymal stem cells