Lactobacillus kefiri and Reduced Stillbirth

• Probiotic Lactobacillus kefiri prevents endotoxin-induced preterm birth and stillbirth in mice.

  • 2021-05-10
  • Reproduction (Cambridge, England) 161(6)
  • • María Silvia Ventimiglia
    • Natalin Jimena Valeff
    • Marlon Pozo Albán
    • Juan Manuel Paturlanne
    • Lorena Juriol
    • Florencia Quadrana
    • Martina Cecotti
    • Mariano Malamud
    • Marcos Javier Dibo
    • María de Los Ángeles Serradell
    • Federico Jensen

  • PubMed: 33835045
  • DOI: 10.1530/rep-20-0642

  5 Insights on

  • Reduced Stillbirth

  • Low evidence
  • Animal Study

  oral administration of Lk48 significantly reduced the occurrence of LPS-induced PTB and stillbirth

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Large

  Significant

  Yes