Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth Affects the Responsiveness to Colchicine in Familial Mediterranean Fever

• Main Authors: E. Verrecchia (Author), L. L. Sicignano (Author), M. La Regina (Author), G. Nucera (Author), I. Patisso (Author), L. Cerrito (Author), M. Montalto (Author), A. Gasbarrini (Author), R. Manna (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective. Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autosomal recessive disease due to a MEFV gene mutation. Since Helicobacter pylori infection has been described to increase the severity and frequency of FMF attacks, we evaluate if overgrowth of small intestinal bacterial (SIBO), associated with a...