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ArticleClinical endoscopy2019

Fecal Microbiota Transplantation: An Update on Clinical Practice.

Kyeong Ok Kim, Michael Gluck

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Article in Clinical endoscopy, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 128 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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128citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

128 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  2. Alternative treatment of recurrentFrontiers in microbiology · 2024
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  5. A systematic review on the role of microbiota in the pathogenesis and treatment of eating disorders.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2020
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  8. Fecal Microbiota Transplantation BeyondJournal of Korean medical science · 2026
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  9. [Gut-brain-joint axis in rheumatoid arthritis: from microeco-logical disturbance to multi-target synergy].Zhejiang da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Zhejiang University. Medical sciences · 2026
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  12. Push Enteroscopic Jejunal and Ileoscopic Delivery of Fecomicrobiota Transplantation (FMT) for Treatment ofJGH open : an open access journal of gastroenterology and hepatology · 2026
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  16. Addressing Unmet Needs inCurrent medicinal chemistry · 2026
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68 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Kyeong Ok KimDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yeungnam University College of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.
Michael GluckDigestive Disease Institute, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is an infusion in the colon, or the delivery through the upper gastrointestinal tract, of stool from a healthy donor to a recipient with a disease believed to be related to an unhealthy gut microbiome. FMT has been successfully used to treat recurrent Clostridium difficile infection (rCDI). The short-term success of FMT in rCDI has led to investigations of its application to other gastrointestinal disorders and extra-intestinal diseases with presumed gut dysbiosis. Despite the promising results of FMT in these conditions, several barriers remain, including determining the characteristics of a healthy microbiome, ensuring the safety of the recipient with respect to long-term outcomes, adequate monitoring of the recipient of fecal material, achieving high-quality control, and maintaining reasonable costs. For these reasons, establishing uniform protocols for stool preparation, finding the best modes of FMT administration, maintaining large databases of donors and recipients, and assuring that oral ingestion is equivalent to the more widely accepted colonoscopic infusion are issues that need to be addressed.

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Clostridium difficile infectionColonoscopyFecal microbiota transplantation

Identifiers

PMID30909689
PMCPMC6453848

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