Fecal Microbiota Transplant (FMT) has emerged as a successful treatment for patients with Clostridium difficile, commonly known as C. diff, given the therapy's approximate 90 percent effective rate.
FMT is a minimally invasive, same-day procedure that places the stool from a healthy person into the GI tract of an infected individual to repopulate the gut with healthy bacteria. FMT is performed through endoscopy/enteroscopy or colonoscopy and generally, only one procedure is required.
According to an article published by the American Association of Family Practice in abril 2012, Clostridium difficile Infection Incidence, Costs Reach Historic Highs, the incidence of C. diff has tripled over the past decade.