Are the permanent sequelae of Crohn's disease a failure to treat the gastrointestinal microbiota?

Gilles R G Monif

doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2018.11.008

Are the permanent sequelae of Crohn's disease a failure to treat the gastrointestinal microbiota?

Med Hypotheses. 2019 Jan:122:198-199. doi: 10.1016/j.mehy.2018.11.008. Epub 2018 Nov 22.

Author

Gilles R G Monif¹

Affiliation

¹ Infectious Diseases Incorporated, 17121 Lakewood Drive, Bellevue, NE 68123, United States. Electronic address: gmonif@AOL.com.

PMID: 30593411
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2018.11.008

Abstract

Using parallel knowledge derived from gynecological infections, the thesis is advanced that late sequelae in Crohn's disease are the consequence of the failure to treat or the undertreating of the co-functioning infection by the gastrointestinal microbiota.

Keywords: Antibiotics; Crohn’s disease; Pathology.

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Autoimmune Diseases
Crohn Disease / microbiology*
Crohn Disease / physiopathology*
Disease Progression
Dysbiosis
Evidence-Based Medicine
Female
Gastroenterology
Gastrointestinal Microbiome*
Humans
Intestinal Mucosa
Male

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents