ISSN: 2640-2653
A Review on Stool Transplantation
The gut microbiota is composed of a significant number of different bacteria, approximately 160 species per person per fecal sample. Its quality depends upon the individual eating habits usually dictated by its social, economical and environmental circumstances. There has been increasing attention in understanding the role of the human gut flora to reveal the therapeutic prospective of its manipulation. Now-a-days clinicians will treat the bacterial infections specifically Clostridium difficile with a process called fecal matter transplantation (FMT), which involves extracting healthy bacteria from another individual’s fecal matter and then processing and transferring that bacteria to the infected patient directly. This process usually done with colonoscopy, endoscopy or enema, and usually does not permanently resolves the issue, leading to ongoing FMTs over time. There are preliminary indications to put forward that it may also carry therapeutic potential for other diseases like inflammatory bowel disease, obesity, metabolic syndrome, and functional gastrointestinal disorders.
Keywords:
Stool transplantation; Gut microbiota; Clostridium difficile infection; Colonoscopy.
