Streptococcus salivarius K12 and Reduced Acute Pharyngotonsillitis

• Effectiveness of the probiotic Streptococcus salivarius K12 for the treatment and/or prevention of sore throat: a systematic review.

  • 2019-06
  • Systematic Review
  • Clinical Microbiology and Infection 25(6)
  • • C. Wilcox
    • C. Wilcox
    • B. Stuart
    • Hannah Leaver
    • M. Lown
    • M. Willcox
    • Michael Moore
    • P. Little

  • PubMed: 30616011
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2018.12.031

  9 Insights on

  • Reduced Acute Pharyngotonsillitis

  • High evidence
  • Rigorous Journal

  The one placebo-controlled RCT in adults that studied the use of SsK12 for acute pharyngotonsillitis (concurrently with penicillin) showed no significant benefit.

  Effect

  Neutral

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  No