Is Saccharomyces boulardii Really Safe?

Are we really in safe hands? How safe is safe?

Surgical management of cardiac tamponade: Is left anterior minithoracotomy really safe and effective?

Objective: Cardiac tamponade is a life-threatening clinical entity that requires an emergency treatment. Cardiac tamponade can be caused both by benign and malignant diseases. A variety of methods have been described for the treatment of these cases from needle-guided pericardiocentesis, balloon-based techniques to surgical pericardiotomy. The Authors report their experience in...

Saccharomyces boulardii in Acute Gastroenteritis in Children

Objective: To evaluate Saccharomyces boulardii in the management of gastroenteritis in children in Togo, Benin and Côte d’Ivoire. Methods: Prospective descriptive study, conducted by healthcare personnel in the 3 West African countries between May and December 2006. Well-nourished, (1 month -15 years old) children without chronic disease presenting with acute diarrhea (defined as more than 3 lo...

Saccharomyces boulardii effects on gastrointestinal diseases.

Health benefits attributed to probiotics have been described for decades. They include the treatment and the prevention of gastrointestinal diseases, vaginal and urinary infections and allergies. Saccharomyces boulardii, a species of yeast widely distributed, has been described as a biotherapeutic agent since several clinical trials displayed its beneficial effects in the prevention and the tre...

Molecular and physiological comparisons between Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Saccharomyces boulardii.

In this paper, comparative molecular studies between authentic Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains, related species, and the strain described as Saccharomyces boulardii were performed. The response of a S. boulardii strain and a S. cerevisiae strain (W303) to different stress conditions was also evaluated. The results obtained in this study show that S. boulardii is genetically very close or nearl...