The Microbiome as a Therapy in Pouchitis and Ulcerative Colitis
The gut microbiome has been implicated in a range of diseases and there is a rapidly growing understanding of this ecosystem’s importance in inflammatory bowel disease. We are yet to identify a single microbe that causes either ulcerative colitis (UC) or pouchitis, however, reduced microbiome diversity is increasingly recognised in active UC.
Jean-Frédéric LeBlanc, Jonatha, February 17, 2022