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Probiotics and fecal bacteriotherapy: The line between deception and treating
- Source :
- Vojnosanitetski Pregled, Vol 78, Iss 9, Pp 994-999 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Military Health Department, Ministry of Defance, Serbia, 2021.
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Abstract
- The microflora of the gastrointestinal tract is essential for mucosal protection, immune education, and for metabolism of humans. Disturbances of these processes results in various diseases. Regarding these processes, there is a clinical interest in the utility of microbial therapy - the feeding of non-pathogenic bacteria, originally derived from the alimentary tract. Considering the commercial success of probiotics, there is still a difficulty for consumers as well as for physicians when choosing the specific product. Since they are classified as food supplements, and not subject to drug regulations, there is ongoing skepticism about the benefits they offer. Fecal bacteriotherapy is reported as highly effective in the treatment of various diseases, including those of the digestive tract. The treatment itself consists of feces infusion from a healthy human donor to the gastrointestinal tract of patient. According to current data, fecal bacteriotherapy represents an emerging and promising low-cost solution for diseases with which antibiotic and probiotic products have been struggling for years.
- Subjects :
- Gastrointestinal tract
medicine.medical_specialty
Medicine (General)
intestines
medicine.drug_class
business.industry
Antibiotics
fecal microbiota transplantation
Fecal bacteriotherapy
economics
Alimentary tract
law.invention
Probiotic
Immune system
R5-920
probiotics
law
medicine
therapeutics
Pharmacology (medical)
Digestive tract
Intensive care medicine
business
Feces
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 24060720 and 00428450
- Volume :
- 78
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Vojnosanitetski Pregled
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....2facfcd0edc282bc5d15294befc5ba7a