Lactobacillus salivarius UALs07 and Reduced Frequency of Upper Respiratory Tract Infections

• Effects of a Lactobacillus salivarius probiotic intervention on infection, cold symptom duration and severity, and mucosal immunity in endurance athletes.

  • 2012-08
  • RCT · n = 66
  • International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism 22(4)
  • • M. Gleeson
    • N. Bishop
    • Marta Oliveira
    • T. McCauley
    • P. Tauler
    • C. Lawrence

  • PubMed: 22645171
  • DOI: 10.1123/IJSNEM.22.4.235

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  • Reduced Frequency of Upper Respiratory Tract Infections

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  • Highly Cited
  • Athletes

  The proportion of subjects on PRO who experienced 1 or more wk with URTI symptoms was not different from that of those on PLA (PRO .58, PLA .59; p = .947). The number of URTI episodes was similar in the 2 groups (PRO 1.6 ± 0.3, PLA 1.4 ± 0.3; p = .710).

  Effect

  Neutral

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  No