Restitution of gut microbiota in Ugandan children administered with probiotics (Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG and Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BB-12) during treatment for severe acute malnutrition.
- 2020-01-20
- RCT
- Gut microbes 11(4)
- Josué L Castro-Mejía
- Sinéad O'Ferrall
- Łukasz Krych
- Elaine O'Mahony
- Hanifa Namusoke
- Betty Lanyero
- Witold Kot
- Nicolette Nabukeera-Barungi
- Kim Fleischer Michaelsen
- Christian Mølgaard
- Henrik Friis
- Benedikte Grenov
- Dennis S Nielsen
- PubMed: 31959047
- DOI: 10.1080/19490976.2020.1712982
- High evidence
Supplementation of probiotics did not influence β-diversity upon discharge or follow-up, but it increased (p < .05) the number of observed species [SE: > 4.5].
- Effect
- Beneficial
- Effect size
- Small
- Significant
- Yes