Streptococcus salivarius K12 and Reduced Streptococcal Pharyngitis

• 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 Streptococcal Pharyngitis

  • High evidence
  • Rigorous Journal

  One compared daily administration of SsK12 to no treatment over 6 months (n = 222, age 33-45 months), reporting significantly lower incidence in the SsK12 group (16.2% vs. 48.6%, p < 0.01)

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Large

  Significant

  No