Fecal Microbiota Transplantation: Indications, Methods, and Challenges

• Published in: The journal of microbiology Vol. 62; no. 12; pp. 1057 - 1074
• Main Authors: Lee, Jee Young, Kim, Yehwon, Kim, Jiyoun, Kim, Jiyeun Kate
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Seoul The Microbiological Society of Korea 01.12.2024; Springer Nature B.V; 한국미생물학회
• Subjects: Animals; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Botulism; Clostridioides difficile; Clostridium difficile; Clostridium Infections - microbiology; Clostridium Infections - therapy; Dysbacteriosis; dysbiosis; Dysbiosis - microbiology; Dysbiosis - therapy; Effectiveness; Fecal Microbiota Transplantation - methods; Fecal microflora; Feces; Feces - microbiology; Food contamination; Food poisoning; Gastrointestinal Microbiome; Health services; human health; Humans; Intestinal microflora; intestinal microorganisms; Life Sciences; Microbial flora; Microbiology; Microbiota; Microorganisms; Minireview; Transplantation; 생물학; Gut microbiota; infection; Feces; Recurrent; Fecal microbiota transplantation; Clostridioides difficile; Recurrent C. difficile infection

Over the past two decades, as the importance of gut microbiota to human health has become widely known, attempts have been made to treat diseases by correcting dysbiosis of gut microbiota through fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT). Apart from current knowledge of gut microbiota, FMT to treat dis...