Review Article

A Systematic Review of the Efficacy and Safety of Fecal Microbiota Transplant for Clostridium difficile Infection in Immunocompromised Patients

Table 2

Adverse events (AE) in immunocompromised patients with recurrent CD infection treated with FMT.

Author, YearPatients with events (N)Type of AE

Friedman-Moraco, 2014 [22]1Life threatening event: ischemic stroke
Hirsch, 2015 [27]1New Hospitalization
1Life threatening event
1Abdominal pain
Kelly, 2014 [29]1Colectomy
1Death
1Death
5New Hospitalization
1Life threatening event
3Infection: pneumonia, Influenza, Pertussis
4IBD flare
11Others:
Hip pain
Nausea
Bloating
Fever
Diarrhea
Abdominal pain
Catheter infection
Self-limited diarrhea
Minor mucosal tear during colonoscopy
Laszlo, 2016 [32]1Others: Mild abdominal pain
Lee, 2014 [34]1New Hospitalization/Life threatening event
Mandalia, 2016 [36]3IBD flare
1Diverticulitis
Mittal, 2015 [38]1New Hospitalization
Pierog, 2014 [42]1Life-threatening event/New
Hospitalizations/Surgery
Quera, 2013 [44]1Life threatening event
Infection: Pan-sensitive E. coli
Russell, 2014 [48]1Colectomy/New Hospitalization/Life threatening events/Surgery
Silverman, 2010 [50]3IBS
Webb, 2016 [53]5Abdominal pain
Weingarden, 2013 [54]1Colectomy

AE= adverse event; IBS= irritable bowel syndrome.