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Overview

Michael A. Kamm is affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia and has contributed extensively to research in medicine, particularly focusing on inflammatory bowel diseases and related gastrointestinal conditions. Their scholarly work bridges clinical medicine with molecular biology and genetics, reflecting an interdisciplinary approach to understanding complex digestive disorders.

Their main fields of study include Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant attention to subfields such as Genetics, Epidemiology, Surgery, Molecular Biology, and Infectious Diseases. This wide-ranging expertise underpins their research on various conditions affecting the gastrointestinal system.

The primary topics of Michael A. Kamm's research encompass:

  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease
  • Microscopic Colitis
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
  • Gastrointestinal motility and disorders
  • Eosinophilic Esophagitis
  • Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders

The scientist has been published predominantly in the following venues:

  • Gastroenterology
  • Journal of Crohn's and Colitis
  • Internal Medicine Journal
  • Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
  • Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Frequent co-authors in their research collaborations include:

  • Amy L. Hamilton
  • Emily K. Wright
  • Chamara Basnayake
  • Amy Wilson-O'Brien
  • Siew C. Ng

Selected recent papers by Michael A. Kamm reflect diverse aspects of gastrointestinal research and inflammation. Notable titles include:

  • Dietary Guidance From the International Organization for the Study of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (2020), Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
  • Management of Patients With Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis During the Coronavirus Disease-2019 Pandemic: Results of an International Meeting (2020), Gastroenterology
  • Fungal Trans-kingdom Dynamics Linked to Responsiveness to Fecal Microbiota Transplantation (FMT) Therapy in Ulcerative Colitis (2020), Cell Host & Microbe
  • Elucidation of Proteus mirabilis as a Key Bacterium in Crohn's Disease Inflammation (2020), Gastroenterology
  • Standard gastroenterologist versus multidisciplinary treatment for functional gastrointestinal disorders (MANTRA): an open-label, single-centre, randomised controlled trial (2020), The Lancet. Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Best Publications

  • Infliximab Maintenance Therapy for Fistulizing Crohn's Disease

    Bruce E. Sands;Frank H. Anderson;Charles N. Bernstein;William Y. Chey

  • Anal-Sphincter Disruption During Vaginal Delivery

    Abdul H. Sultan;Michael A. Kamm;Christopher N. Hudson;Janice M. Thomas

  • Maintaining remission of ulcerative colitis with the probiotic Escherichia coli Nissle 1917 is as effective as with standard mesalazine

    W Kruis;P Frič;J Pokrotnieks;M Lukáš

  • Prospective comparison of faecal incontinence grading systems

    C J Vaizey;E Carapeti;J A Cahill;M A Kamm

  • Severity of inflammation is a risk factor for colorectal neoplasia in ulcerative colitis

    Matthew Rutter;Brian Saunders;Kay Wilkinson;Steve Rumbles

  • Multidonor intensive faecal microbiota transplantation for active ulcerative colitis: a randomised placebo-controlled trial

    Sudarshan Paramsothy;Michael A Kamm;Nadeem O Kaakoush;Alissa J Walsh

  • Once daily high dose probiotic therapy (VSL#3) for maintaining remission in recurrent or refractory pouchitis

    T Mimura;Fernando Rizzello;U Helwig;Gilberto Poggioli

  • Mechanisms of action of probiotics: Recent advances

    S C Ng;A L Hart;M A Kamm;A J Stagg

  • Third degree obstetric anal sphincter tears: risk factors and outcome of primary repair

    A H Sultan;M A Kamm;C N Hudson;C I Bartram

  • Incidence and phenotype of inflammatory bowel disease based on results from the Asia-pacific Crohn's and colitis epidemiology study.

    Siew C. Ng;Whitney Tang;Jessica Y. Ching;May Wong

  • Thirty-Year Analysis of a Colonoscopic Surveillance Program for Neoplasia in Ulcerative Colitis

    Matthew D. Rutter;Brian P. Saunders;Kay H. Wilkinson;Steve Rumbles

  • Modulation of human dendritic cell phenotype and function by probiotic bacteria

    A. L. Hart;K. M. Lammers;Patrizia Brigidi;Beatrice Vitali

  • Myths and misconceptions about chronic constipation.

    Stefan A Müller-Lissner;Michael A Kamm;Carmelo Scarpignato;Arnold Wald

  • A randomized, placebo-controlled trial of certolizumab pegol (CDP870) for treatment of Crohn's disease

    Stefan Schreiber;Paul Rutgeerts;Richard N. Fedorak;Munaa Khaliq–Kareemi

  • Characteristics of intestinal dendritic cells in inflammatory bowel diseases.

    Ailsa L. Hart;Hafid Omar Al-Hassi;Rachael J. Rigby;Sally J. Bell

  • Development of the Crohn's disease digestive damage score, the Lémann score†‡§

    Benjamin Pariente;Jacques Cosnes;Silvio Danese;William J. Sandborn

  • Bone marrow toxicity caused by azathioprine in inflammatory bowel disease: 27 years of experience.

    W R Connell;M A Kamm;J K Ritchie;J E Lennard-Jones

  • Crohn's disease management after intestinal resection: a randomised trial

    Peter De Cruz;Peter De Cruz;Michael Kamm;Michael Kamm;Amy Louise Hamilton;Kathryn J Ritchie

  • AGA technical review on anorectal testing techniques

    N.E. Diamant;M.A. Kamm;A. Wald;W.E. Whitehead

  • Long-term results of overlapping anterior anal-sphincter repair for obstetric trauma

    Andrew J Malouf;Christine S Norton;Alexander F Engel;R John Nicholls

Frequent Co-Authors

Siew C. Ng
Siew C. Ng Chinese University of Hong Kong
Andrew J. Stagg
Andrew J. Stagg Queen Mary University of London
Stella C. Knight
Stella C. Knight Imperial College London
Ailsa Hart
Ailsa Hart Imperial College London
Joseph J.Y. Sung
Joseph J.Y. Sung Nanyang Technological University
William J. Sandborn
William J. Sandborn University of California, San Diego
Gary R. Lichtenstein
Gary R. Lichtenstein University of Pennsylvania
Mark Morrison
Mark Morrison University of Queensland
Steve Halligan
Steve Halligan University College London
Alexander J. Thompson
Alexander J. Thompson Ascension Health

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