Application and Value of Fecal Calprotectin in Inflammatory Bowel Disease / 胃肠病学

ABSTRACT

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic nonspecific intestinal disease, including Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC). Colonoscopy and histopathology are the main diagnostic methods of IBD. Fecal biomarkers, especially fecal calprotectin (FC), can reflect the intestinal inflammation and having the advantage of non-invasive and easy for repetition, and can be used in the diagnosis, treatment, monitoring recurrence and predicting prognosis of IBD. This article reviewed the application and value of FC in IBD.