According to the website (http://thefecaltransplantfoundation.org/what-is-fecal-transplant/) thefecaltransplantfoundation.org ,
Stool transplant can be defined as a method in which "fecal matter, or stool, is collected from a tested donor, mixed with a saline or other solution, strained, and placed in a patient, by colonoscopy, endoscopy, sigmoidoscopy, or enema."
For the MeSH term "fecal microbiota transplantation", we used synonyms for fecal microbiota transplantation, intestinal microbiota transfer, donor feces infusion, and stool transplant. We made the decision not to include the term "immunocompromised" due to concerns that our search would not capture the patients broadly enough.
Colonoscopy was the route of delivery of FMT in 76% of patients, while 21% had stool transplanted via ingestion of capsules or other upper gastrointestinal route (nasal tubes or endoscopy).
We have presented a unique case of an overlap between antisynthetase syndrome and MPO-ANCA glomerulonephritis following a
stool transplant. This patient ultimately developed HLH that may have been triggered by a recent infection or the development of MPO-ANCA vasculitis.
It may sound potty to some, but Ysbyty Gwynedd will use Faecal Microbiota Transfer (FMT), also known as a
stool transplant, to cure the vast majority of people with recurring cases of Clostridium difficile.
OpenBiome's charge of $250 for a prepared stool transplant has not received FDA approval but the product is being used to treat resistant C.
Ben Eiseman, MD, a surgeon in Denver, reported in 1958 about four patients treated with stool transplants in the journal Surgery.
He received a
stool transplant from his nephew, and it cleared up the condition quickly!
It's a human stool transplant (HST) using donated stool from a healthy family member.
"Human Stool Transplant Effective Treatment For C-diff." Medical News Today.
For patients hit hardest by the bacterium Clostridium difficile, getting a "
stool transplant" could become a standard treatment within just a few years.