Fecal Microbiota Transplantation — An Old Therapy Comes of Age

In 1958, doctors in Denver administered feces by enema to their patients with fulminant, life-threatening pseudomembranous enterocolitis. 1 The goal of this infusion of donor feces (also termed fecal microbiota transplantation [FMT]) was to “re-establish the balance of nature” within the intestinal...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The New England journal of medicine 2013-01, Vol.368 (5), p.474-475
1. Verfasser:	Kelly, Ciarán P
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use Antibiotics Clostridium difficile Diarrhea - therapy Enterocolitis Fecal microflora Feces Feces - microbiology Female Humans Infections Intestinal microflora Intestine Male Microbiota Mortality Transplantation Vancomycin - therapeutic use
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