Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BB-12 and Reduced Fecal Enterococci

• Impact of Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BB-12 and, Lactobacillus acidophilus LA-5-containing yoghurt, on fecal bacterial counts of healthy adults.

  • 2011-09
  • RCT · n = 58
  • International Journal of Food Microbiology 149(1)
  • • P. Savard
    • B. Lamarche
    • Marie-Ève Paradis
    • H. Thiboutot
    • E. Laurin
    • D. Roy

  • PubMed: 21296446
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2010.12.026

  19 Insights on

  • Reduced Fecal Enterococci

  • High evidence
  • Highly Cited

  Viable counts of fecal enterococci were significantly lower (P=0.04) after the intervention when compared to placebo.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes