Table 2. Total and fractioned bile acids at baseline, during and after completion of fecal microbiota transplantation in our patient with primary sclerosing cholangitis and recurrent bacterial cholangitis.
Time | Total bile acids (μmol/L) | Cholic acid (μmol/L) | Deoxycholic acid (μmol/L) | Chenodeoxycholic acid (μmol/L) |
Baseline | 86.4 | 33.6 | <0.5 | 52.8 |
End of 1st week of FMT | 73 | 18.7 | 2.6 | 51.7 |
End of 2nd week of FMT | 55.9 | 15.5 | <0.5 | 40.4 |
End of 3rd week of FMT | 64.5 | 17.9 | <0.5 | 46.6 |
End of 4th week of FMT | 52.6 | 18.4 | <0.5 | 32.8 |
6 months post FMT | 48.7 | 21.9 | 1.3 | 24.4 |
12 months post FMT | 68 | 18.8 | <0.5 | 48.7 |
Reference ranges | ≤6.8 | ≤1.8 | 2.4 | 3.1 |