Lactobacillus johnsonii VPro 33 and Reduced Parasite-Induced Mucosal Damage

• Lactobacillus johnsonii La1 Antagonizes Giardia intestinalis In Vivo

  • 2005-02
  • Clinical Trial
  • Infection and Immunity 73(2)
  • • M. Humen
    • G. D. De Antoni
    • J. Benyacoub
    • M. E. Costas
    • M. I. Cardozo
    • L. Kozubsky
    • K. Saudan
    • Angele Boenzli-Bruand
    • S. Blum
    • E. Schiffrin
    • P. Pérez

  • PubMed: 15664978
  • DOI: 10.1128/IAI.73.2.1265-1269.2005

  6 Insights on

  • Reduced Parasite-Induced Mucosal Damage

  • Low evidence
  • Highly Cited
  • Animal Study

  Histology and analysis of enzymatic markers of microvillus membrane integrity revealed that probiotic administration also protected against parasite-induced mucosal damage.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Large