Table 1.

Comparison of Donor Exclusion Criteria Between Groups^a

Exclusion Criteria and Tests Performed	Craven et al	Kazerouni et al [9]	Paramsothy et al [10]	Costello et al [11]	Tariq et al [12]
History/Examination
Between 18 and 65 years of age	X	X	X	X	X
Any medications	X		X	X	X
Antibiotics, antifungals, or antivirals in the last 3 months	X	X	X	X	X
Probiotics in the last 3 months	X		X	X
Hospitalization in the last 3 months	X				X
Travel to high-risk areas of infectious diarrhea in the last 3 months	X	X	X	X	X
Acute diarrhea within the past 6 months					X
Tattoo or body piercing in the last 6 months	X	X	X	X	X
Known HIV or viral hepatitis exposure in the last 12 months	X	X	X	X	X
High-risk sexual behavior	X	X	X	X	X
Illicit drug use	X	X	X	X	X
Incarceration or a history of incarceration		X	X	X	X
Household members with active GI infection			X	X
Chronic constipation					X
Any gastrointestinal disorder	X	X	X	X	X
Overweight (BMI >25)	X	X
Obese (BMI >30)			X	X	X
Hypertension	X	X	X		X
Type 2 diabetes	X	X		X	X
Insulin sensitivity	X	X	X		X
Hyperlipidemia	X	X	X	X	X
Atherosclerosis	X	X	X
Malnutrition (BMI <18)	X		X	X
Autoimmune disease	X	X	X	X	X
Atopic disease		X	X	X
Psychiatric history	X	X		X	X
Infection with HIV, syphilis, hepatitis B or C	X	X	X	X	X
Malignancy	X	X	X	X	X
Chronic pain syndromes, neurologic or neurodevelopmental disorders		X	X	X	X
History of major gastrointestinal surgery	X	X	X
Any kind of liver disease	X
Alcoholic intake >10 g/day women and >20 g/ day men	X
Family history of colorectal carcinoma	X	X	X	X
Family history of diabetes	X
Family history of early onset coronary disease, gastrointestinal or liver disease	X	X
Stool Tests
Ova, cysts, and parasites	X	X	X	X	X
Microscopy and culture	X	X	X	X	X
Rotavirus	X	X		X
Norovirus	X	X	X	X
Adenovirus	X	X		X
Clostridium difficile toxin	X	X	X	X	X
Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus screen	X	X		X	X
Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae	X	X
Extended spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae	X	X
Fecal Giardia antigen	X	X	X		X
Fecal Cryptosporidium antigen	X	X	X		X
Isospora		X
Cyclospora		X
Microsporidia	X	X			X
Blood Tests
Complete blood count	X	X	X	X
Electrolytes, urea, and creatinine	X		X	X
Liver function tests	X	X	X	X
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate			X	X
C-reactive protein		X	X	X
Fasting lipids and blood sugar level	X			X
Anti-TTG antibody for celiac disease	X
Antinuclear antibody				X
HIV type 1 and 2	X	X	X	X	X
Hepatitis A virus IgM	X	X	X	X	X
Hepatitis B virus surface antigen, hepatitis B virus core antibody (IgM and IgG), hepatitis B virus surface antibody	X	X	X	X	X
Hepatitis C virus antibody	X	X	X	X	X
Human T-cell lymphotropic virus 1 and 2	X	X	X	X
Epstein-Barr virus IgM	X			X
Cytomegalovirus IgM	X			X
Strongyloides stercoralis, Entamoeba histolytica, Helicobacter pylori serology	X	X		X
H pylori	X	X		X
Treponema pallidum screening cascade	X	X		X
Listeria	X
Nasal Swab
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus	X	X
Urine Tests
Gonorrhea and chlamydia	X

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; GI, gastrointestinal; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; Ig, immunoglobulin; TTG, tissue transglutaminase.

^aScreening procedures of Kazerouni et al [9] are based on the OpenBiome safety guidelines [13].