A wide spectrum of pathological lesions including opportunistic infections was seen in GI endoscopic biopsies in renal transplant patients. Endoscopic biopsies play an important role in the diagnosis and management of GI disease in renal transplant patients.
In conclusion, it is possible to establish the diagnosis in most cases of immune complex-mediated glomerular diseases with IF on paraffin embedded tissue specimens.
Background: Accumulating evidence supports the view that an imbalance of gut bacteria contributes to IBS, and that increasing the mass of beneficial species may reduce the numbers of pathogenic bacteria and help alleviate symptoms.Methods: In this double-blind trial 400 adult patients with moderate-to-severe symptomatic diarrhea-predominant IBS (IBS-D) were randomized to treatment with the multi-strain probiotic Bio-Kult® (14 different bacterial strains) or placebo for 16 weeks. The change in severity and frequency of abdominal pain was the primary outcome measure.Results: Probiotic treatment significantly improved the severity of abdominal pain in patients with IBS-D. A 69% reduction for probiotic versus 47% for placebo (p < 0,001) equates to a 145 point reduction on the IBS-severity scoring system (IBS-SSS). The proportion of patients who rated their symptoms as moderate-to-severe was reduced from 100% at baseline to 14% for the multi-strain probiotic at follow-up (month 5) versus 48% for placebo (p < 0,001). Also, the number of bowel motions per day from month 2 onwards was significantly reduced in the probiotic group compared with the placebo group (p < 0,05). In addition to relieving symptoms, the probiotic markedly improved all dimensions of quality of life in the 34-item IBS-Quality of Life (IBS-QoL) questionnaire. No serious adverse events were reported.Conclusions: The multi-strain probiotic was associated with significant improvement in symptoms in patients with IBSD and was well-tolerated. These results suggest that probiotics confer a benefit in IBS-D patients which deserves further investigation. Trial registration: [Clinicaltrials.gov NCT03251625; retrospectively registered on August 9, 2017].
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