Bifidobacterium lactis MAK16B42L and Reduced Clostridium Species Counts

• Effects of Bifidobacterium lactis Bb12 Supplementation on Intestinal Microbiota of Preterm Infants: a Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Randomized Study

  • 2006-11
  • RCT · n = 69
  • Journal of Clinical Microbiology 44(11)
  • • R. Mohan
    • C. Koebnick
    • J. Schildt
    • S. Schmidt
    • M. Mueller
    • M. Possner
    • M. Radke
    • M. Blaut

  • PubMed: 16971641
  • DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00767-06

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  • Reduced Clostridium Species Counts

  • High evidence
  • Highly Cited

  The infants supplemented with Bb12 also had lower viable counts of Clostridium spp. (probiotic, 4.89 + 0.30; placebo, 5.99 + 0.32; P = 0.014) than the infants in the placebo group.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes