Lactobacillus plantarum DSM 6596 and Reduced Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus Colonization

• Effect of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG Administration on Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus Colonization in Adults with Comorbidities.

  • 2015-08
  • RCT
  • Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 59(8)
  • • Shira Doron
    • Patricia L Hibberd
    • Barry Goldin
    • Cheleste Thorpe
    • Laura McDermott
    • David R Snydman

  • PubMed: 26014940
  • DOI: 10.1128/aac.00300-15

  1 Insight on

  • Reduced Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus Colonization

  • High evidence

  No differences in VRE colony counts were seen at any time points between groups. No decline in colony counts was seen over time in subjects who received LGG... LGG administration did not affect VRE colonization in this study.

  Effect

  Neutral

  Effect size

  Small