Fecal microbiota transplant and dermatologic disorders: A retrospective cohort study assessing the gut microbiome’s role in skin disease

Gut Microbiota and Neuropsychiatric Disorders

Skin disorders in renal transplant recipients: a retrospective study*

BACKGROUND Immunosuppressive therapy, which is necessary to avoid graft rejection in renal transplant recipients, presents an increased risk of several pathologies, namely infectious and neoplastic. OBJECTIVES To identify the most frequent skin diseases and their clinical and demographical risk factors within a population of renal transplant recipients. METHODS A retrospective study of rena...

Changes in the composition and function of the gut microbiota in celiac disease

Evidence is supported the hypothesis that any changes in the composition and function of the gut microbiota play a fundamental role in a number of chronic inflammatory diseases including celiac disease (CD). In the last decade, several culture-independent methods have been developed to identify the components of the human microbiome. The study of microbiota based on nucleic acid analysis found ...

The Role of Intestinal Microbiota in Cognitive Disorders

 Cognitive disorders are one of the major public health issues in older population worldwide. Problems in forming and storing new memories, short-term memory impairment, and other cognitive problems are common symptoms of cognitive disorders that have no definite treatment yet. Recent studies have shown an association between gut microbiota and cognitive impairments described as microbiota-gut-...

physicians’ knowledge and attitude towards fecal microbiota transplant in iran

background: fecal microbiota transplant (fmt) is employed to replace the ‘unhealthy’ microbiota of the patient with the ‘healthy’ microbiota of a pre-screened healthy donor. given the growing importance of gut microbiota dysbiosis in the pathogenesis of intestinal or extraintestinal diseases; it is conceivable that fmt becomes integrated in the routine clinical practice. our objective was to as...