Probiotics and fecal bacteriotherapy: the line between deception and treatment

  • Gordana Smieško University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Medicine, D epartment of Microbiology, Novi Sad, Serbia
  • Vera Gusman University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Novi Sad, Serbia
  • Pavle Banović University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Novi Sad, Serbia
  • Momir Mikov University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Novi Sad, Serbia
Keywords: economics, fecal microbiota transplantation, intestines, probiotics, therapeutics

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