Lactobacillus reuteri and Reduced Total Bilirubin Level

• Oral adjuvants supplemented to phototherapy as a therapeutic strategy for neonatal hyperbilirubinemia: a systematic review.

  • 2026-03-11
  • Systematic Review
  • Journal of perinatal medicine 54(4)
  • • Luana Cardosos Tavares
    • Edson Gabriel Santos Nascimento
    • Leonardo Gouvêa de Oliveira
    • Luiz Arthur de Oliveira Nantes
    • Luana Nóbrega Dos Santos
    • Giovana Pereira Lobato Brito
    • Rita de Cássia Silva de Oliveira

  • PubMed: 41811691
  • DOI: 10.1515/jpm-2025-0394

  2 Insights on

  • Reduced Total Bilirubin Level

  • High evidence
  • Infants

  Lactobacillus reuteri demonstrated greater 24-hour reductions in total serum bilirubin (TSB) compared to controls

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes