Lactobacillus acidophilus L-92 and Improved Vaginal Health

• Efficacy of fermented foods for the prevention and treatment of bacterial vaginosis and vulvovaginal candidiasis.

  • 2025-11-21
  • Systematic Review
  • Frontiers in nutrition 12
  • • Aslı Akpınar
    • Lidia Hanna Markiewicz
    • Hayriye Şebnem Harsa
    • Diana Paveljšek
    • Julieta Domínguez-Soberanes
    • Zeynep Agirbasli
    • Eleni Naziri
    • Mounaim Halim El Jalil
    • Gregory Bouchaud
    • Seppo Salminen
    • Isabelle Savary-Auzeloux
    • Christèle Humblot
    • Christophe Chassard
    • Smilja Pracer
    • Guy Vergères
    • Barçın Karakaş-Budak

  • PubMed: 41356810
  • DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2025.1658988

  1 Insight on

  • Improved Vaginal Health

  • High evidence

  It was observed that 87% of the food starter applications exploited only two of the 54 efficacious strains identified through clinical studies, namely Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG and Lactobacillus acidophilus LA-5. Findings underscore the potential of fermented foods as carriers for beneficial microorganisms and their relevance in supporting vaginal health.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small