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Review: gut sterilization in inflammatory bowel disease
Author(s) -
HODGSON H. J. F.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
alimentary pharmacology and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.308
H-Index - 177
eISSN - 1365-2036
pISSN - 0269-2813
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2036.1987.tb00635.x
Subject(s) - medicine , inflammatory bowel disease , regimen , sterilization (economics) , gastroenterology , disease , intensive care medicine , monetary economics , economics , foreign exchange market , foreign exchange
SUMMARY Achieving a substantial reduction in the bacterial flora of the gut is a theoretically attractive means of treating inflammatory bowel disease, particularly colonic disease. There are practical difficulties in obtaining a sustained reduction of the colonic bacterial count, and the potential role of such a treatment regimen is therefore the initiation of remission. The data in the literature supporting such a suggestion are anecdotal, and a controlled study is indicated.