Probiotics show promise in mitigating antibiotic-induced gut microbiota disruption, however, further research is needed to ...

However, the role of antibiotics for disease activity and remission maintainence in ulcerative colitis (UC) is uncertain. Methods We searched electronic databases (Pubmed, Embase and CENTRAL) for ...

Antibiotics are important clinical tools for treating bacterial infections, yet we recognize that an important side effect of ...

Design Oral antibiotics were given to wildtype and induced mutant mouse strains, and the effects on bacterial translocation, inflammatory responses and the susceptibility to colitis were evaluated.

Risk increases with age, antibiotic courses Genetics, family history, and environmental factors are all thought to play a crucial role in IBD and its two main subtypes, Crohn's Disease and ulcerative ...

Mild Clostridium difficile infection (CDI; stool frequency <four-times daily; no signs of severe colitis), clearly induced by the use of antibiotics, may be treated by stopping the inducing ...

Similarly, antibiotic treatment is also a matter of discussion due to the potential deleterious role of antibiotics in pseudomembranous colitis. In our case, the initial evolution was favourable with ...

Four patients with severe disease were cured after receiving the new broad-spectrum antibiotic tigecycline. When patients with Clostridium difficile colitis do not respond to usual treatment with ...

Frequent use of antibiotics may heighten the risk of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), i.e. Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, among those aged over 40, suggests research published online ...

Colitis extending beyond 40 cm from the anal verge ... Contraindication to oral bowel preparation. Allergy to study antibiotics. Age less than 18. Patient is within a vulnerable group, defined as ...