Clinical Case Reports (Apr 2019)

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

  • Atsushi Nishida,
  • Hirotsugu Imaeda,
  • Osamu Inatomi,
  • Shigeki Bamba,
  • Mitsushige Sugimoto,
  • Akira Andoh

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2096
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 4
pp. 782 – 788

Abstract

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Key Clinical Message 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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