Lactobacillus reuteri MAK02L14R and Gastrointestinal Tract Colonization

• Lactobacillus reuteri as a therapeutic agent in acute diarrhea in young children.

  • 1997-04
  • RCT · n = 40
  • Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition 24(4)
  • • Aino-Vieno Shornikova
    • I. Casas
    • E. Isolauri
    • H. Mykkänen
    • T. Vesikari

  • PubMed: 9144122
  • DOI: 10.1097/00005176-199704000-00008

  6 Insights on

  • Gastrointestinal Tract Colonization

  • High evidence
  • Highly Cited

  Cultures of lactobacilli from stool samples demonstrated that administration of L. reuteri resulted in colonization of the gastrointestinal tract. Lactobacillus reuteri accounted for > 75% of the total lactobacilli found in children fed with this product.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

• Colonization and Immunomodulation by Lactobacillus reuteri ATCC 55730 in the Human Gastrointestinal Tract

  • 2004-02
  • Clinical Trial · n = 19
  • Applied and Environmental Microbiology 70(2)
  • • N. Valeur
    • P. Engel
    • N. Carbajal
    • E. Connolly
    • K. Ladefoged

  • PubMed: 14766603
  • DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.2.1176-1181.2004

  8 Insights on

  • Gastrointestinal Tract Colonization

  • High evidence
  • Highly Cited

  Dietary supplementation with the probiotic L. reuteri ATCC 55730 induces significant colonization of the stomach, duodenum, and ileum of healthy humans.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Large

  Significant

  Yes