Can you cause inflammatory bowel disease with fecal transplantation? A 31-patient case-series of fecal transplantation using stool from a donor who later developed Crohn's disease

Gut Microbes. 2017 May 4;8(3):205-207. doi: 10.1080/19490976.2017.1283469. Epub 2017 Jan 19.

Authors

Monika Fischer¹, Mohamad Bittar¹, Eliseo Papa², Zain Kassam^{2

3}, Mark Smith^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ a Gastroenterology and Hepatology Department , Indiana University , Indianapolis , IN , USA.
² b Broad Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge , MA , USA.
³ c Openbiome , Medford , MA , USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: Crohn's disease; fecal microbiota transplant; gut microbiota; stool donor; transmissible.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Bacteria / classification*
Bacteria / genetics
Clostridium Infections / therapy*
Crohn Disease / etiology*
Crohn Disease / pathology
Donor Selection / standards
Fecal Microbiota Transplantation / adverse effects*
Feces / microbiology
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / etiology*
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / pathology
Male
Middle Aged
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
Tissue Donors*
Treatment Outcome

Substances

RNA, Ribosomal, 16S