title: [Underlying dysbiosis may be the cause of some forms of IBS. Patients were free of symptoms after the administration of microbiota].
abstract: Two cases of post-infectious IBS were successfully treated with transplantation of an anaerobic cultivated human intestinal microbiota. This suggests that a dysbiosis of the intestinal microbiota could be the culprit at least in some cases of IBS. Resetting the gut microbiota might be a possible solution for these patients that otherwise may face a life-long reduction in quality of life. Studies have suggested that conditions as varied as chronic constipation, metabolic syndrome, autoimmunity, asthma, cardiovascular disease and Crohn's disease may be caused by intestinal dysbiosis. If this is the case we would like to suggest a new term: Dysbiotic Bowel Syndrome (DBS).
authors.affiliation: Endoskopienheten, Läkarhuset, Hötorgscity - Stockholm, Sweden Mag-tarmmottagningen, Endoskopienheten - Läkarhuset, Hötorget Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Benno
authors.affiliation: Endoskopienheten, Läkarhuset, Hötorgscity - Stockholm, Sweden Endoskopienheten, Läkarhuset, Hötorgscity - Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Ragnar
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Befrits
authors.affiliation: Unger-Vetlesens Institutt, Lovisenberg Diakonale Sykehus - Oslo, Norway Unger-Vetlesens Institutt - Unger-Vetlesens Institutt Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: Arnold
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Berstad
authors.affiliation: Division of International & Humanitarian Medicine, Geneva University Hospital - Geneve, Switzerland Division of International & Humanitarian Medicine - Geneva University Hospital Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Atti-La
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Dahlgren
authors.affiliation: Inst Mikrobiologi Tumör & Cellbiologi - Stockholm, Sweden Inst Mikrobiologi Tumör & Cellbiologi - Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Elisabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Norin
authors.affiliation: Inst Mikrobiologi Tumör och Cell Biologi, Karolinska Institutet, - Stockholm, Sweden Inst Mikrobiologi Tumörbiologi & Cellbiologi - Karolinska Institutet Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Tore
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Midtvedt
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001691:Biological Therapy / Q000379:methods; D064806:Dysbiosis / Q000150:complications*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D043183:Irritable Bowel Syndrome / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D064307:Microbiota; D014180:Transplantation / Q000379:methods