Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BB-12 and Reduced Antibiotic-Induced Decrease in Fecal Acetate Levels

• Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BB-12 Protects against Antibiotic-Induced Functional and Compositional Changes in Human Fecal Microbiome

  • 2021-08-17
  • RCT · n = 62
  • Nutrients 13(8)
  • • D. Merenstein
    • C. Fraser
    • R. Roberts
    • Tian Liu
    • Silvia Grant-Beurmann
    • T. Tan
    • K. H. Smith
    • T. Cronin
    • Olivia A Martin
    • M. Sanders
    • S. Lucan
    • M. Kane

  • PubMed: 34444974
  • DOI: 10.3390/nu13082814

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  • Reduced Antibiotic-Induced Decrease in Fecal Acetate Levels

  • High evidence

  Following the cessation of antibiotics, the fecal acetate levels in the probiotic group increased over the remainder of the study and returned to the baseline levels on day 30 ... whereas, in the control group, the acetate levels remained suppressed.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes