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Fecal transplantation in patients with inflammatory bowel disease

Publication at First Faculty of Medicine |
2018

Abstract

Fecal transplantation has become a preferring therapeutic method in patients with recurrent Clostridium difficile infection. Positioning of the fecal transplantation in other gastrointestinal disorders, like inflammatory bowel disease and irritable bowel syndrome, remains in the focus on the clinical research.

In the review article a therapeutic potential of fecal transplantation in patients with mild to moderate ulcerative colitis is discussed. In the difference from recurrent Clostridium difficile infection a patient with ulcerative colitis require a repetitive fecal transplantations procedure and to use a multidonor fecal material from un-relationship donors.

The clear position of the fecal transplantation must be clarified on the ongoing clinical studies.