ArticleNutrients2023
Is Autologous Fecal Microbiota Transfer after Exclusive Enteral Nutrition in Pediatric Crohn's Disease Patients Rational and Feasible? Data from a Feasibility Test.
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- Fecal Microbial Community Profiling Allows Discrimination of Phenotype and Treatment Response in Pediatric Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis-An International Meta-Analysis.Inflammatory bowel diseases · 2025Pooled it
- Transplantation of encapsulated fecal microbiota: research progress and future trends.World journal of pediatrics : WJP · 2026Review
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- Gut microbiota in the pathogenesis and treatment of inflammatory bowel disease: a critical review of mechanisms and therapeutic advances.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Review
- The current landscape of fecal microbiota transplantation in treating inflammatory bowel disease.Translational gastroenterology and hepatology · 2025Review
- Validation methods for encapsulated faecal microbiota transplantation: a scoping review.Therapeutic advances in gastroenterology · 2025Review
- The practice of fecal microbiota transplantation in inflammatory bowel disease.Intestinal research · 2024Review
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Abstract
backgroundExclusive enteral nutrition (EEN) is a highly effective therapy for remission induction in pediatric Crohn's disease (CD), but relapse rates after return to a regular diet are high. Autologous fecal microbiota transfer (FMT) using stool collected during EEN-induced clinical remission might represent a novel approach to maintaining the benefits of EEN.
methodsPediatric CD patients provided fecal material at home, which was shipped at 4 °C to an FMT laboratory for FMT capsule generation and extensive pathogen safety screening. The microbial community composition of samples taken before and after shipment and after encapsulation was characterized using 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing.
resultsSeven pediatric patients provided fecal material for nine test runs after at least three weeks of nutritional therapy. FMT capsules were successfully generated in 6/8 deliveries, but stool weight and consistency varied widely. Transport and processing of fecal material into FMT capsules did not fundamentally change microbial composition, but microbial richness was <30 genera in 3/9 samples. Stool safety screening was positive for potential pathogens or drug resistance genes in 8/9 test runs.
conclusionsA high pathogen burden, low-diversity microbiota, and practical deficiencies of EEN-conditioned fecal material might render autologous capsule-FMT an unsuitable approach as maintenance therapy for pediatric CD patients.
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