Lactobacillus acidophilus LA1 and Reduced Taste Disturbance Incidence

• 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

  • Reduced Taste Disturbance Incidence

  • High evidence

  decreased AEs including ... taste disturbance [RR = 0.64 (95% CI: 0.44, 0.92; p = 0.02; I² = 51%); (high certainty)]

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes