Assessment of faecal microbial transfer in irritable bowel syndrome with severe bloating

Gut. 2017 May;66(5):980-982. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2016-312513. Epub 2016 Aug 10.

Authors

Tom Holvoet¹, Marie Joossens^{2

3

4}, Jun Wang^{2

3}, Jerina Boelens⁵, Bruno Verhasselt⁵, Debby Laukens¹, Hans van Vlierberghe¹, Pieter Hindryckx¹, Martine De Vos¹, Danny De Looze¹, Jeroen Raes^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Gastroenterology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
² KU Leuven - University of Leuven, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.
³ VIB, Center for the Biology of Disease, Leuven, Belgium.
⁴ Faculty of Sciences and Bioengineering Sciences, Microbiology Unit, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.
⁵ Department of Medical Microbiology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.

No abstract available

Keywords: FUNACTIONAL ABDOMINAL PAIN; INTESTINAL BACTERIA; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Comment

MeSH terms

Abdominal Pain
Constipation*
Feces
Flatulence
Humans
Irritable Bowel Syndrome*