Open AccessNonclostridium difficile enteric infection and the risk of developing inflammatory bowel disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Author(s) -
Cong Dai,
Yühong Huang,
Min Jiang,
Mingjun Sun
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the saudi journal of gastroenterology/saudi journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-4049
pISSN - 1319-3767
DOI - 10.4103/sjg.sjg_231_20
Subject(s) - meta analysis , medicine , inflammatory bowel disease , relative risk , clostridium difficile , gastroenterology , enteric virus , ulcerative colitis , confidence interval , crohn's disease , risk factor , disease , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics , virology , biology
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic inflammatory intestinal disorder. Some studies have investigated the association between non-Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) enteric infection and the risk of developing IBD with conflicting conclusions. The objective of our study was to perform a meta-analysis of available studies evaluating the possible association between non-CDI enteric infection and the risk of developing IBD.