Clinical trial: probiotic treatment of acute distal ulcerative colitis with rectally administered <it>Escherichia coli </it>Nissle 1917 (EcN)

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Probiotics are effective in inflammatory bowel diseases. Clinical effectiveness and dose dependency of E. coli Nissle (EcN) enemas were investigated in ulcerative colitis (UC).</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>In a doubl...

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Main Authors: Matthes Harald, Krummenerl Thomas, Giensch Manfred, Wolff Corinna, Schulze Jürgen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-04-01
Series:BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6882/10/13