Objectives. The aim of the study is to compare the clinical effectiveness of the probiotics-Saccharomyces boulardii and Bifidobacterium lactis-in children who had been diagnosed with rotavirus gastroenteritis. Materials and methods. Seventy five patients aged between 5 months-5 years diagnosed as rotavirus gastroenteritis were included in the study. The patients diagnosed as rotavirus gastroent...

AIM To test whether supplements of Lactobacillus- and Bifidobacterium-containing yogurt (AB-Yogurt) affect the success of Helicobacter pylori eradication. METHODS One hundred and sixty H. pylori-infected patients were randomized into a triple-plus-yogurt group or a triple-only group, receiving 1 week of triple therapy with and without supplements of AB-Yogurt, respectively. In the triple-plus...

Epithelial barrier dysfunction has been implicated as one of the major contributors to the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease. The increase in intestinal permeability allows the translocation of luminal antigens across the intestinal epithelium, leading to the exacerbation of colitis. Thus, therapies targeted at specifically restoring tight junction barrier function are thought to have ...

BACKGROUND The colonic bacterial flora, largely anaerobic, is believed to establish and stabilize in the first 2 y of life. OBJECTIVE This study was undertaken to determine whether the bacterial flora of the colon undergoes further changes (succession) during childhood and adolescence. DESIGN This cross-sectional study examined fecal samples from 130 healthy children and adolescents in the ...

PAVLOVIĆ H., HARDI J., SLAČANAC V., HALT M., KOCEVSKI D. (2006): Inhibitory effect of goat and cow milk fermented by Bifidobacterium longum on Serratia marcescens and Campylobacter jejuni. Czech J. Food Sci., 24: 164–171. This study was performed to determine the influence of fermented goat and cow milk produced by the use of Bifidobacterium longum Bb-46 on pathogenic Serratia marcescens and Ca...

Bifidobacterium spp. can produce cell-bound or released exopolysaccharide (EPS) that is a beneficial trait mediating commensal-host interactions. However differences in the physico-chemical characteristics of EPS produced by different strains of Bifidobacterium spp. are determinant in adhesion ability and modulation of immune response. The aim of this study was to investigate the in vitro adhes...

The inhibitory effect of lyophilized cultures of Bifidobacterium longum on 2-amino-3-methylimidazo[4,5-f]quinoline (IQ)-induced carcinogenesis was investigated in male and female F344 rats. Beginning at 5 weeks of age, male and female rats were divided into various experimental groups and fed one of the high-fat, semipurified diets containing 0 and 0.5% lyophilized cultures of B. longum with or...

because of poor survival of probiotic bacteria, microencapsulation evolved from the immobilized cell culture technology used in the biotechnological industry. two probiotic strains, bifidobacterium (bb-12) and lactobacillus acidophilus (la-5) were immobilized in calcium alginate by extrusion method. encapsulation parameters and efficacy of this method were evaluated. growth factors of these two...

chicory plant (cichorium intybus) belongs to asteraceae family and contains flavonoids. this research carried out in order to evaluate the effect of chicory plant on the activities of bifidobacterium bifidum and lactobacillus acidophilus. four containers containing a liter of 1.5 % sterilized skim milk were selected as four group in order to produce milk containing probiotic bifidobacterium bif...

DIARRHEA CAUSED BY ENTERIC (bacterial/viral/parasitic) infections or diarrhea associated with inflammatory bowel disease represents a major health care burden worldwide (10). In addition, diarrhea associated with antibiotic administration in adults, as well as children, is a significant health care issue (1, 3). Diarrhea is also a common side effect of chemo/radiotherapy during cancer treatment...