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

• Main Authors: Matthes Harald (Author), Krummenerl Thomas (Author), Giensch Manfred (Author), Wolff Corinna (Author), Schulze Jürgen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2010-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<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...