Resolution of severe Clostridium difficile infection following sequential fecal microbiota transplantation.
Resolution of severe Clostridium difficile infection following sequential fecal microbiota transplantation.
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连续粪便微生物移植后严重艰难梭菌感染的解决。
DOI:
10.1097/mcg.0b013e31829004ae
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发表时间:
2013
影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
Khoruts,Alexander
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作者:
Weingarden,AlexaR;Hamilton,MatthewJ;Sadowsky,MichaelJ;Khoruts,Alexander
Several studies indicate that these lesions have a subtle endoscopic appearance and removal, in particular of sessile serrated adenomas/polyps, is challenging for endoscopists, with 30% being incompletely removed during colonoscopy. 12, 13 In addition, patients with large proximal serrated polyps are likely to have synchronous adenomas during colonoscopy, 12, 14, 15 perhaps leading to a higher cumulative risk for developing cancer.Some studies indicate that about 8% to 35% of all advanced adenomas, that is, high-risk adenomas, might progress to colorectal cancer within approximately 10 years. 16, 17 We found that 3 out of 18 (17%) patients with large proximal serrated polyps developed colorectal cancer at the same anatomic location. It is, however, unclear whether this follow-up period was long enough to clarify the natural history of the serrated polyps, as Lash et al18 suggested a longer time span for the development of colorectal cancer from sessile serrated adenomas/polyps than the conventional adenoma-carcinoma sequence. Given the possible similarities between progression of highrisk adenomas and large proximal serrated polyps, it seems reasonable to consider large proximal serrated polyps as high-risk serrated lesions requiring complete removal and surveillance, similarly to high-risk adenomas, as recently proposed in the US Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer guidelines. 6 The relatively small size of proximal serrated polyps, which were deemed to have progressed to colorectal cancer in our study, suggest that using a cut-off value of 6mm in defining large serrated polyps might secure both their detection and complete resection. In these series, we report on 3 cases of large proximal serrated polyps, incompletely removed at the time of colonoscopy, which might have explained the occurrence of postcolonoscopy cancers. These data indicate that improved awareness and adequate resection techniques are important to maximize the protective effect of colonoscopy in the proximal colon.