Fecal Microbiota Transplantation for Dysbiosis — Predictable Risks

The term “dysbiosis” usually refers to a change in the human microbiome from a healthy pattern toward a pattern associated with disease. Although the term is increasingly being used, the definition, not surprisingly, is vague. Yet dysbiosis has become an area of great interest in medical science.1-3 Important questions are whether we can recognize dysbiosis in patients with particular medical conditions and whether reversing it, if possible, will lead to improved health. We are at the early stages of understanding these concepts. Dysbiosis occurs most evidently in patients with Clostridioides difficile infection. In such patients, it is clear that after . . .