Bifidobacterium lactis BI-04 and Reduced Clostridium difficile Infection

• Clinical Guidance and Practical Recommendations for Probiotic Use in Patients With Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Functional Constipation, and Clostridioides difficile Infection Considering Sex-based Differences.

  • 2026-03-10
  • Review
  • Journal of neurogastroenterology and motility 32(2)
  • • Yong Sung Kim
    • Seon-Young Park
    • Seung Joo Kang
    • Min Woo Lee
    • Yonghoon Choi
    • Byung Yong Kim
    • Miyoung Choi
    • Cheol Min Shin
    • Young Sun Kim
    • Nayoung Kim
    • Moo In Park

  • PubMed: 41807013
  • DOI: 10.5056/jnm25221

  5 Insights on

  • Reduced Clostridium difficile Infection

  • Low evidence

  For CDI, the efficacy of probiotics in preventing primary or recurrent infections remains inconsistent across large trials

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small