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Treatment of gastro-intestinal disorders

  • US 6,645,530 B1
  • Filed: 06/07/1995
  • Issued: 11/11/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/02/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for the treatment of a chronic gastro-intestinal disorder selected from the group consisting of spastic colon, mucous colitis, collagenous colitis, inflammatory bowel disease, microscopic colitis, idiopathic or simple constipation, diverticular disease, chronic idiopathic pseudo obstructive syndrome and chronic enteric infections, in an adult human host, where the causative agent is unknown, which method comprises substantially completely removing the host'"'"'s existing enteric microflora by a method comprising using a lavage, and the substitution of an effective amount of fresh or dried or reconstituted feces from a disease-screened human donor or the administration of an effective amount of a pharmaceutically acceptable composition comprising microorganism selected from the group consisting of Batcteroides and E. coli in liquid culture or dried viable form.

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