Open AccessAdverse events of fecal microbiota transplantation: a metaanalysis of high-quality studies
Author(s) -
Lamprinos Michailidis,
Alden Currier,
Michelle Le,
Deborah Flomenhoft
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
annals of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.886
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1792-7463
pISSN - 1108-7471
DOI - 10.20524/aog.2021.0655
Subject(s) - medicine , clostridium difficile , randomized controlled trial , adverse effect , meta analysis , prospective cohort study , confidence interval , surgery , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics , biology
Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) has shown excellent efficacy in treating Clostridioides difficile infection, as well as promise in several other diseases. The heightened interest is accompanied by concerns over adverse events (AE) and safety. To further understand that in FMT, we performed a systematic review of the literature and a meta-analysis of high-quality, prospective randomized controlled trials FMT.