Fecal microbiota transplantation and emerging applications -Crohn’s disease series.pdf

Fecal microbiota transplantation and emerging applications (Crohn’s)
Thomas J. Borody and Alexander Khoruts

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.