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Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is a highly effective treatment for recurrent Clostridium difficile infection (CDI), achieving significantly higher symptom resolution rates compared to standard antibiotic therapies alone.
If you have recurrent C. diff infection that keeps coming back despite antibiotics, ask your doctor about Fecal Microbiota Transplantation (FMT). It involves receiving processed stool from a healthy donor, which has been shown to resolve symptoms in about 85% of cases, significantly better than antibiotics alone. While the idea might seem unappealing, it is a medically supervised procedure with rigorous donor screening to ensure safety.
The high success rate and safety in the short term reported for recurrent Clostridium difficile infection has elevated FMT as an emerging treatment for a wide range of disorders... The results showed that FMT was successful in 85% of recurrent CDI and 55% of refractory CDI compared with 30% to 80% success rates for medical therapies.
Why this rating
Supported by multiple RCTs and systematic reviews showing high efficacy, though some studies were unblinded or small.
Source
Fecal Microbiota Transplantation: Current Applications, Effectiveness, and Future Perspectives
Hyun Ho Choi et al. · Clinical Endoscopy · 2016
DOI 10.5946/ce.2015.117
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- FMT shows promise in treating Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), including Ulcerative Colitis (UC) and Crohn's Disease (CD), but efficacy is lower and more variable than in CDI, with clinical remission rates around 36-45% in systematic reviews.Moderate
- FMT can improve insulin sensitivity and increase butyrate-producing intestinal microbiota in patients with metabolic syndrome when lean donor stool is used.Limited
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