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Therapeutic Potential of Fecal Microbiota Transplantation

Gastroenterology, 2013
There has been growing interest in the use of fecal microbiota for the treatment of patients with chronic gastrointestinal infections and inflammatory bowel diseases. Lately, there has also been interest in its therapeutic potential for cardiometabolic, autoimmune, and other extraintestinal conditions that were not previously considered to be ...
Willem M de Vos, Thomas Borody, Max Nieuwdorp   +2 more
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Fecal Microbiota Transplantation

Gastroenterology Clinics of North America, 2017
Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is the transfer of stool from a healthy donor into the colon of a patient whose disease is a result of an altered microbiome, with the goal of restoring the normal microbiota and thus curing the disease. The most effective and well-studied indication for FMT is recurrent Clostridium difficile infection.
Stephen M, Vindigni, Christina M, Surawicz   +1 more
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[Fecal microbiota transplantation].

Vnitrni lekarstvi, 2016
Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is a therapeutic method, in which the fecal microflora from healthy donors is transmitted to the patient to restore the healthy microbial composition of the gut. In the recent years, there is a growing interest in the therapeutic potential of FMT in various diseases.
Igor, Šturdík, Tibor, Hlavatý, Juraj, Payer   +2 more
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Fecal microbiota transplantation

Current Opinion in Gastroenterology, 2014
To review the current evidence on fecal microbiota transplantations (FMTs) for recurrent Clostridium difficile infections (CDIs), metabolic syndrome and inflammatory bowel disease.Recently, a randomized trial confirmed the efficacy of this treatment strategy in patients with recurrent CDI. For other disorders, evidence is still limited.
Els, van Nood, Peter, Speelman, Max, Nieuwdorp, Josbert, Keller   +3 more
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Fecal microbiota transplantation

Current Opinion in Gastroenterology, 2013
Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) re-establishes a balanced intestinal flora with resultant cure of recurrent Clostridium difficile infection (RCDI). FMT has also been used to treat other gastrointestinal (GI) diseases including inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and chronic constipation and a variety of non-GI ...
Olga C, Aroniadis, Lawrence J, Brandt
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How to Manipulate the Microbiota: Fecal Microbiota Transplantation

2016
Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is a rather straightforward therapy that manipulates the human gastrointestinal (GI) microbiota, by which a healthy donor microbiota is transferred into an existing but disturbed microbial ecosystem. This is a natural process that occurs already at birth; infants are rapidly colonized by a specific microbial ...
Fuentes Enriquez de Salamanca, Susana, de Vos, Willem M.   +1 more
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Fecal Microbiota Transplant

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, 2015
Respice, Adspice, Prospice, look to the past, look to the present, look to the future, is one of life's valuable axioms; for it is only if one knows where one has been can one intelligently prepare for the future. I have used this approach here to review fecal microbiota transplant (FMT).
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Fecal microbiota transplantation and emerging applications

Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 2011
Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) has been utilized sporadically for over 50 years. In the past few years, Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) epidemics in the USA and Europe have resulted in the increased use of FMT, given its high efficacy in eradicating CDI and associated symptoms.
Thomas J, Borody, Alexander, Khoruts
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Aesthetics, Ethics, and Fecal Microbiota Transplantations

The American Journal of Bioethics, 2017
Yonghui Ma and colleagues (2017) list a series of ethical concerns raised by the emergence of fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT).
Camilla, Scanlan, Ian, Kerridge
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Moving Fecal Microbiota Transplantation Into the Mainstream

Nutrition in Clinical Practice, 2013
In recent years, fecal microbiota transplantation (aka fecal transplantation, fecal bacteriotherapy, FMT) has become increasing utilized to treat recurrent and refractory Clostridium difficile infection (CDI). Almost 600,000 cases of CDI occur each year in the United States. Of these, an estimated 15,000 patients have a recurrence.
Robert, Orenstein, Cheryl L, Griesbach, John K, DiBaise   +2 more
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