Antibiotics for Crohn's Disease: What Are We Treating?

Jason K Hou^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety (IQuESt), Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX, 77030, USA. jkhou@bcm.edu.
² Department of Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. jkhou@bcm.edu.

Editorial

Jason K Hou. Dig Dis Sci. 2021 Aug.

. 2021 Aug;66(8):2478-2480.

doi: 10.1007/s10620-020-06570-2.

Jason K Hou^{1

2}

¹ Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety (IQuESt), Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX, 77030, USA. jkhou@bcm.edu.
² Department of Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. jkhou@bcm.edu.

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Comment on

Randomized Trial of Ciprofloxacin Doxycycline and Hydroxychloroquine Versus Budesonide in Active Crohn's Disease.
Rhodes JM, Subramanian S, Flanagan PK, Horgan GW, Martin K, Mansfield J, Parkes M, Hart A, Dallal H, Iqbal T, Butterworth J, Culshaw K, Probert C. Rhodes JM, et al. Dig Dis Sci. 2021 Aug;66(8):2700-2711. doi: 10.1007/s10620-020-06477-y. Epub 2020 Jul 17. Dig Dis Sci. 2021. PMID: 32681228 Clinical Trial.

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