Fecal Microbiota Transplantation and ACHIM for Manipulating Gut Microbiota in IBS Patients

One vial of ACHIM suspension (ACHIM Biotherapeutics AB, Vallingby, Sweden), containing 30 x 109 colony forming unit (CFU) of bacteria, was given through the work channel of a gastroscope into the lower part of duodenum.

Only 60 ml of sterile 0.9% normal saline were added to a stool specimen, collected from the respective donor, with a weight of \~30 g and homogenized manually. Then 60 ml of feces-suspension (screened from the patients view) were instilled through the work channel of a gastroscope into the lower part of the duodenum.

Only 60 ml of sterile 0.9% normal saline were added to the patient's own stool specimen with a weight of \~30 g and homogenized manually. Then 60 ml of feces-suspension (screened from the patients view) were instilled through the work channel of a gastroscope into the lower part of the duodenum.