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"Putting back the bugs": bacterial treatment relieves chronic constipation and symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome

“…The follow-up period was 4-52 weeks (mean, 21 weeks). Factors identified by some of the 33 patients as "causative" were surgery and hospitalisation (6), antibiotic use (5), and a gastrointestinal upset (3). In four patients the constipation had been lifelong.…”