Fecal microbiota transplantation for rheumatoid arthritis: A case report

Abstract

Abstract No previous case of using fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) to treat rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been reported. We report a case of a patient with refractory RA successfully treated with FMT indicating that FMT may have a good therapeutic effect on RA.

Keywords

• bacterial therapy
• fecal microbiota transplantation
• gut microbiota
• rheumatoid arthritis