the effect of fecal microbiota transplantation on a child with tourette syndrome
;Huijun Zhao;Yichao Shi;Xi Luo;Lihua Peng;Liping Zou;Yunsheng Yang
Frontiers in pharmacology2017Vol. 2017pp. -
185
zhao2017casethe
Abstract
Tourette syndrome is a neuropsychiatric disorder with onset in childhood. New therapies are needed to effectively manage and treat this condition. Gut microbiota can affect central physiology and function via the microbiota-gut-brain axis. Here, we report a case in which fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is used to treat a child with Tourette syndrome, whose symptoms ameliorated dramatically in the following eight weeks.