Bifidobacterium breve MAK40B22B and Reduced Incidence of Atopic Dermatitis

• Effects of bifidobacterial supplementation to pregnant women and infants in the prevention of allergy development in infants and on fecal microbiota.

  • 2015-07-23
  • Allergology International 63(4)
  • • T. Enomoto
    • M. Sowa
    • Kei-ichi Nishimori
    • S. Shimazu
    • A. Yoshida
    • Kazuko Yamada
    • F. Furukawa
    • T. Nakagawa
    • N. Yanagisawa
    • N. Iwabuchi
    • T. Odamaki
    • F. Abe
    • J. Nakayama
    • J. Xiao

  • PubMed: 25056226
  • DOI: 10.2332/allergolint.13-OA-0683

  3 Insights on

  • Reduced Incidence of Atopic Dermatitis

  • Low evidence
  • Highly Cited

  The risk of developing eczema/atopic dermatitis (AD) during the first 18 months of life was significantly reduced in infants in the probiotic group (OR: 0.231 [95% CI: 0.084-0.628] and 0.304 [0.105-0.892] at 10 and 18 months of age, respectively).

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes