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Avaliação dos efeitos probióticos de cepas clínicas de Lactobacillus spp. sobre diferentes espécies de Candida

Devido ao aumento das infecções causadas por Candida albicans e espécies não-albicans, surge a necessidade de novas estratégias terapêuticas, como a identificação de cepas bacterianas com características probióticas. Assim, o objetivo foi avaliar a ação antimicrobiana de cepas clínicas de La...

Efeito da administração local ou sistêmica do Lactobacillus reuteri, no tratamento da doença periodontal experimentalmente induzida em ratos, submetidos à quimioterapia com 5-fluorouracil: estudo histopatológico, histométrico e imunoistoquímico

Introdução e objetivo: Os probióticos (PROs) estão sendo intensamente avaliados na prevenção ou tratamento de doenças da cavidade oral, que estão associadas a uma mudança na composição e atividade microbiana do biofilme e resposta do hospedeiro. O objetivo desse estudo foi avaliar o efeito do ...

¿Son efectivos los probióticos en prevenir infecciones del tracto urinario?

Medwave; 18 (2), 2018
INTRODUCCIÓN: La infección del tracto urinario es la infección bacteriana más común y su recurrencia es frecuente. Entre las variadas medidas que potencialmente disminuirían este riesgo se ha planteado el uso de probióticos. Sin embargo, no está claro si realmente son efectivos. MÉTODOS: Para re...

Isolation and Identification of a Potential Amylolytic Probiotic Bacterium from the Gut of Jundiá Catfish, Rhamdia quelen

ABSTRACT This study aimed to isolate a potential probiotic amylolytic strain from the gut of jundiá catfish to improve carbohydrate digestibility in fish. Two of 31 strains isolated from the foregut of Rhamdia quelen were able to grow on starch-agar medium and were considered amylolytic. The strain that...

Effect of vegetable by-products on folate production by starter and probiotic microorganisms to develop a bio-enriched fermented soy product

However, folate production was strain-dependent and also dependent on the environmental conditions and on the vegetable substrate used. Passion fruit by-product presented the lowest folate concentration and was selected for the following experiments. Thus, the impact of the supplementation of soymilk wit...

Impact of the incorporation of probiotic strains and fruit by-products in fermented synbiotic soy product and on the composition and metabolic activity of the gut microbiota in vitro

The present study aimed to develop a fermented soy beverage containing fruit by-products and probiotics and to evaluate the impact of this product on the composition and metabolic activity of the human intestinal microbiota using an in vitro simulation model of the intestinal conditions (TIM-2). Therefor...

Effect of probiotics on giardiasis. Where are we?

ABSTRACT Giardiasis, an intestinal infection caused by Giardia lamblia, was recently included in the 'Neglected Diseases Initiative' by the World Health Organization. Symptomatic patients can develop mild diarrhea up to a severe malabsorption syndrome, and children may show significantly impaired cogniti...

Probióticos en diarrea aguda, asociada a antibióticos y nosocomial: evidencia en pediatría

Resumen Introducción: los probióticos son microorganismos vivos que, administrados en cantidades adecuadas, proveen una acción benéfica en el ser humano. Existen numerosos estudios acerca de su uso en enfermedad diarreica en pediatría, por lo que se hace necesario evaluar la evidencia. Métodos: ...

Reservoritis/pouchitis: fisiopatología y manejo basado en la evidencia

Gastroenterol. latinoam; 29 (supl.1), 2018
Pouchitis is a frequent complication following proctocolectomy with ileal pouch-anal anastomosis, mainly in patients with ulcerative colitis. Though etiology is still unknown, evidence shows that there is a relation with host microbiota. Management of chronic refractory pouchitis is challenging, and curr...

Microbiological and clinical effects of probiotics and antibiotics on nonsurgical treatment of chronic periodontitis: a randomized placebo- controlled trial with 9-month follow-up

J. appl. oral sci; 26 (), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective: The aim of this double-blind, placebo-controlled and parallel- arm randomized clinical trial was to evaluate the effects of Lactobacillus rhamnosus SP1-containing probiotic sachet and azithromycin tablets as an adjunct to nonsurgical therapy in clinical parameters and in presence and...