Fecal microbiota transplant – a new frontier in inflammatory bowel disease

Journal of Inflammation Research

Volumn 11, Issue , 2018, Pages 321-328

  Sunkara, Tagore ^a   Rawla, Prashanth ^b   Ofosu, Andrew ^a   Gaduputi, Vinaya ^c  

^a BROOKLYN HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Sovah Health ^*  (United States)

^c SBH Health System   (United States)

Author keywords

Crohn s disease; Dysbiosis; Fecal microbiota transplant; Fmt; Ibd; Inflammatory bowel disease; Microbiome; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; DONOR SELECTION; DYSBIOSIS; FECAL MICROBIOTA TRANSPLANTATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FLATULENCE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; INTESTINE FLORA; MATCHED UNRELATED DONOR; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT RISK; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SUSCEPTIBLE POPULATION; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; VOMITING;

EID: 85058133021     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11787031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/JIR.S176190     Document Type: Review

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