Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is one of the major issues in nosocomial infections.
This bacterium is constantly evolving and poses complex challenges for clinicians, often …

The advent of immunotherapy, specifically of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs), for the
treatment of solid tumors has deeply transformed therapeutic algorithms in medical …

Crohn's disease is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease that affects the ileum and/or large
intestine. At the same time, it can also affect any other part of the human body, ie, from the …

Objective The gut virome is a dense community of viruses inhabiting the gastrointestinal tract
and an integral part of the microbiota. The virome coexists with the other components of the …

Very early onset inflammatory bowel disease (VEO-IBD) represents approximately 25% of
cases of IBD-like colitis occurring during childhood and, by definition, it is characterized by …

Inflammatory bowel diseases, Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, are life-long disorders
characterized by the chronic relapsing inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract with the …

Mucosal healing (MH) is the main treatment target in ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's
disease, and it is defined by the combination of complete endoscopic and histologic …

Non-IBD colitides (NIBDC) are intestinal diseases clinically and endoscopically overlapping
with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD), sometimes with a similar histological picture …

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) research often relies on animal models to study the
etiology, pathophysiology, and management of IBD. Among these models, rats and mice are …

Background Ileal-pouch-anal anastomosis is the operation of choice after proctocolectomy
for ulcerative colitis; some patients will develop Crohn's disease. We aim to determine long …