title: Ulcerative colitis with multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection successfully treated with bifidobacterium.
abstract: A 71-year-old man was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis (UC) complicated by bacterial infections, and his active disease proved difficult to treat with steroid therapy or antibiotics. Although the patient's UC failed to respond to several types of induction therapy, his condition finally improved when treated using Bifidobacterium. Probiotics could be one of the treatment agents for induction of remission in UC.
authors.affiliation: Gastroenterology Division, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan.
authors.forename: Azusa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nagasaki
authors.forename: Hirokazu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Mizue
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iinuma
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Uchiyama
authors.forename: Seitaro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Tomoko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Koide
authors.forename: Chikako
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tokoro
authors.forename: Masahiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Inamori
authors.forename: Yasunobu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nakajima
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001644:Bifidobacterium; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000150:complications* / Q000178:diet therapy*; D018432:Drug Resistance, Multiple; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019936:Probiotics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa