Faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT), known equally well as faecal transplantation or faecal bacteriotherapy, is the process of implanting the faecal suspension containing balanced microbiota from a healthy donor to the colon of a recipient patient.
Excessive growth of Clostridioides difficile (C difficile) in the intestinal microbiota resulting from antibiotic consumption is currently a rising threat to public health. FMT
is one of the most important, newer approaches to treating C difficile infections. Since
C difficile is regarded as an opportunistic bacterium triggering disease in conditions
of disturbed homeostasis of the intestinal microbiota, restoration of healthy intestinal
microflora facilitates suppression of toxic strain of C difficile by anaerobic bacteria of
normal intestinal microflora with concomitant cure. Nurses have important role in
caring for patients after faecal transplantation.
