Fecal microbiota transplantation for rheumatoid arthritis: A case report

No previous case of using fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) to treat rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been reported. We report a case of a patient with refractory RA successfully treated with FMT indicating that FMT may have a good therapeutic effect on RA. No previous case of using fecal microbio...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inClinical case reports Vol. 9; no. 2; pp. 906 - 909
Main Authors Zeng, Jiaqi, Peng, Lihua, Zheng, Wei, Huang, Feng, Zhang, Nana, Wu, Di, Yang, Yunsheng
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.02.2021
John Wiley and Sons Inc
Wiley
Subjects
Autoimmune diseases
bacterial therapy
Case Report
Case Reports
Cytokines
Disease
Drug dosages
fecal microbiota transplantation
Feces
gut microbiota
Hypotheses
Immune system
Inflammation
Laboratories
Microbiota
Pathogenesis
Patients
Questionnaires
Rheumatoid arthritis
rheumatoid arthritis
fecal microbiota transplantation
gut microbiota
bacterial therapy
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

More Information
Summary:No previous case of using fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) to treat rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been reported. We report a case of a patient with refractory RA successfully treated with FMT indicating that FMT may have a good therapeutic effect on RA. No previous case of using fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) to treat rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been reported. We report a case of a patient with refractory RA successfully treated with FMT indicating that FMT may have a good therapeutic effect on RA.
Bibliography:ObjectType-Article-1
SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1
ObjectType-Feature-2
content type line 14
ObjectType-Report-3
ObjectType-Case Study-4
ObjectType-Case Study-2
ObjectType-Feature-4
content type line 23
ObjectType-Report-1
ObjectType-Article-3
ISSN:2050-0904
2050-0904
DOI:10.1002/ccr3.3677