“…At present, with respect to FMT for pouchitis, there is a paucity of available data, a high degree of heterogeneity among studies, and lack of randomized controlled trials for either induction or maintenance (Table 1) [4-7, 9, 10]. Though the study by Selvig et al [7] provides further patient data, clarity is still missing in many aspects. The use of antibiotics (rifaximin) pre-FMT in pouchitis is interesting, although its impact is unclear as only a small subset of patients received this treatment (7/19).…”