Lactobacillus reuteri UALre-16 and Colonization of Gastrointestinal Tract by L. reuteri

• 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

  5 Insights on

  • Colonization of Gastrointestinal Tract by L. reuteri

  • 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