Lactobacillus acidophilus LA1 and Increased Helicobacter pylori Eradication Rate

• A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials on the Benefits of Using Lactobacillus Supplements as an Adjunct Treatment for Helicobacter pylori Eradication.

  • 2025-12
  • Meta-Analysis · n = 2,054
  • MicrobiologyOpen 14(6)
  • • Asma Azam
    • Muhammad Abdul Muqtadir Qureshi
    • Hafiz Shahbaz Zahoor
    • Syeda Malaika Raza
    • Muhammad Mohsin Khan
    • Umaimah Naeem
    • Syed Atif
    • Abdul Waheed

  • PubMed: 41327607
  • DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.70166

  6 Insights on

  • Increased Helicobacter pylori Eradication Rate

  • High evidence

  The LS group showed significantly higher H. pylori eradication rates [RR = 1.04 (95% CI: 1.01, 1.07; p = 0.009; I2 = 0%); (high certainty)]

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes