Fecal microbiota transplantation has emerged as a highly effective treatment for recurrent
Clostridium difficile infection with very early experience to suggest that it also may play a role in treating
other GI and non-GI diseases. Donor screening guidelines are now available along with
recommendations regarding routes of administration, diluents, stool weights, and volumes
of stool to be used. This review aims to provide an overview of fecal microbiota transplantation,
to summarize the data on its efficacy, and to provide the reader with an understanding
of how to perform this novel treatment.
Abbreviations:
CDI (Clostridium difficile infection), FMT (fecal microbiota transplantation), IBD (inflammatory bowel disease), IBS (irritable bowel syndrome), RCDI (recurrent Clostridium difficile infection)To read this article in full you will need to make a payment
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Publication history
Published online: May 06, 2013
Accepted:
March 19,
2013
Received:
February 12,
2013
Footnotes
DISCLOSURE: The following author disclosed a financial relationship relevant to this publication: Dr Brandt is on the speakers’ bureau of and had received research grants from Optimer Pharmaceuticals. The other author disclosed no financial relationships relevant to this publication.
See CME section; p. 342.
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