Lactobacillus rhamnosus and Reduced Vaginal Pathogen Load

• Lactobacilli Strain Mixture Alleviates Bacterial Vaginosis through Antibacterial and Antagonistic Activity in Gardnerella vaginalis-Infected C57BL/6 Mice.

  • 2022-02-20
  • Microorganisms 10(2)
  • • Soo-Im Choi
    • GaYeong Won
    • YongGyeong Kim
    • Chang-Ho Kang
    • Gun-Hee Kim

  • PubMed: 35208925
  • DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10020471

  3 Insights on

  • Reduced Vaginal Pathogen Load

  • Low evidence

  LM5 significantly inhibited GV proliferation in the vaginal tract and significantly reduced myeloperoxidase activity, pro-inflammatory cytokine (TNF-α, IL-1β, and IL-6) levels, and nitric oxide levels in vaginal tissue lysates.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Large

  Significant

  Yes