Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis Bi-07 and Improved Atopic Dermatitis Severity

• Predominant genera of fecal microbiota in children with atopic dermatitis are not altered by intake of probiotic bacteria Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM and Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis Bi-07.

  • 2011-01-11
  • RCT · n = 50
  • FEMS Microbiology Ecology 75(3)
  • • N. Larsen
    • F. Vogensen
    • R. Gøbel
    • K. Michaelsen
    • W. Abu Al-Soud
    • S. Sørensen
    • L. Hansen
    • M. Jakobsen

  • PubMed: 21204871
  • DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.01024.x

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  • Improved Atopic Dermatitis Severity

  • High evidence
  • Rigorous Journal

  The levels of Bifidobacterium correlated positively (P=0.03), while the levels of the Lactobacillus group negatively (P=0.01) with improvement of atopic eczema evaluated by the Severity Scoring of Atopic Dermatitis index.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes