Lactobacillus fermentum CECT5716 and Reduced Incidence of Infectious Mastitis

• Study protocol: evaluation of the probiotic Lactobacillus Fermentum CECT5716 for the prevention of mastitis in breastfeeding women: a randomised controlled trial.

  • 2017-05-19
  • RCT · n = 600
  • BMC pregnancy and childbirth 17(1)
  • • Diana M Bond
    • Jonathan M Morris
    • Natasha Nassar

  • PubMed: 28525984
  • DOI: 10.1186/s12884-017-1330-8

  3 Insights on

  • Reduced Incidence of Infectious Mastitis

  • High evidence
  • Large Human Trial

  This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of oral probiotics for the prevention of mastitis in breastfeeding women... assess outcomes between breastfeeding women ingesting a probiotic versus a placebo daily for 8 weeks following birth.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate