Lactobacillus crispatus LV5 and Improved Colonization Resistance to Pathogens

• Probiotic Properties of Lactobacillus crispatus 2,029: Homeostatic Interaction with Cervicovaginal Epithelial Cells and Antagonistic Activity to Genitourinary Pathogens

  • 2014-07-16
  • Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins 6(3-4)
  • • V. Abramov
    • V. Khlebnikov
    • I. Kosarev
    • Guldana Bairamova
    • R. Vasilenko
    • N. Suzina
    • A. Machulin
    • V. Sakulin
    • N. Kulikova
    • Nadezhda F. Vasilenko
    • A. V. Karlyshev
    • V. Uversky
    • M. Chikindas
    • V. Melnikov

  • PubMed: 25028263
  • DOI: 10.1007/s12602-014-9164-4

  15 Insights on

  • Improved Colonization Resistance to Pathogens

  • Low evidence

  Lactobacillus crispatus 2029 produced H2O2 and provided wide spectrum of antagonistic activity increasing colonization resistance to urinary tract infections by bacterial vaginosis and vulvovaginal candidiasis associated agents.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate