Infectious complications following probiotic ingestion: a potentially underestimated problem? A systematic review of reports and case series.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Little is studied about complications related to probiotic ingestion. This study proposes to present a synthesis and critical evaluation of the reports and series of cases on the infectious complications related to the ingestion of probiotics, which can raise awareness for the prescribing and use of probiotics for certain groups of patients.

Methods

Systematic review of reports and series of cases researched in the PubMed, SciELO and Scopus databases published until August 2018. The references of the articles were investigated manually for the search of cross references. SPSS version 23.0 was used for descriptive statistics and univariate analysis.

Results

We found 60 case reports and 7 case series, making up a total of 93 patients. Fungemia was the most co

SUBMITTER: Costa RL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6292120 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature