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Murine Fecal Isolation and Microbiota Transplantation
Published on: May 26, 2023
Adhesion Ileus after Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in Long-Standing Radiation Colitis
Igor Alexander Harsch1, Peter Christopher Konturek2
1Department of Internal Medicine II, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Rainweg 68, 07318 Saalfeld/Saale, Germany.
Abstract:
Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is a novel strategy for the therapy of dysbiosis-associated disorders via modulation of the gut microbiota. Intestinal dysbiosis is associated not only with digestive disorders, but also with a variety of extra-digestive disorders. A worldwide increasing number of FMT can be expected in the future as well as an increase in adverse events. We describe the case of a patient with chronic radiation colitis that developed adhesion ileus 2 days after FMT. Since these problems never occured before and the short time interval favours a causality, we speculate about FMT-induced alterations in gut motility causing a "trapping" of the small intestine in an adhesion and other mechanisms beyond "pure" coincidence.
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