Fecal microbiota transplantation for irritable bowel syndrome: An intervention for the 21st century

Figure 7 Scaled principal component analysis plot of fecal samples before and 1 mo after transplantation for placebo, 30-g and 60-g fecal microbiota transplantation, responders and nonresponders. A: Placebo; B: 30-g fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT); C: 60-g FMT; D: Responders; E: Nonresponders. Fecal samples before and after transplantation are indicated by pink circles and blue triangles, respectively. The ellipses cover 80% of the samples within a group. Citation: El-Salhy M, Hatlebakk JG, Gilja OH, Bråthen Kristoffersen A, Hausken T. Efficacy of faecal microbiota transplantation for patients with irritable bowel syndrome in a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Gut 2020; 69: 859-867. Copyright @BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 2020. Published by BMJ Publishing Group Ltd[11].