Questions on fecal calprotectin's usefulness as a measure of intestinal inflammation in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) dominated the viewer chat after the opening session of Advances in Inflammatory ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In a prospective study, researchers enrolled 457 asymptomatic participants (mean age 61.4 years; 75% women) from ...

SAN DIEGO — Pediatric patients with ulcerative colitis who displayed a rapid drop-off of fecal calprotectin levels in the first 12 weeks of treatment experienced better 1-year outcomes, according to ...

I am still haunted by my initiation to Crohn disease. My late brother Andrew, who succumbed to the illness because of a confluence of complications at 29 years-old, first manifested symptoms as a ...

Gastrointestinal biomarker tests enhance patient diagnosis of IBD and pancreatic insufficiency on leading clinical chemistry platforms SAN DIEGO, July 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- QuidelOrtho Corporation ...

Although not currently recommended as a formal therapeutic target in ulcerative colitis (UC) management, histologic healing is associated with improved long-term clinical outcomes. In a small ...

Background: The early bacterial colonization of the intestine post partum may affect gut inflammation and risk for disease. Very low birth weight infants (VLBW, < 1500 g) are at risk for ...

Fecal calprotectin is a highly sensitive assay that measures inflammation present in the intestinal tract. Gastroenterologists are increasingly ordering fecal calprotectin to screen and monitor ...

Age, fecal calprotectin level, toxin B polymerase chain reaction cycle threshold, immunosuppression, sex, and creatinine levels were identified as independent risk factors for developing recurrent ...

FC, Calprotectin; FL, Lactoferrin; MPO, Myeloperoxidase; CRP, C-reactive-protein; ESR, Erythrocyte sedimentation rate; ST2, Suppression of tumorigenicity 2, TNFAIP6 ...