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by | Jun 1, 2013

Post Categories: Nutrition and Lifestyle | Preventive Care for Children

Probiotic Used
B. Breve M-16v
B. lactis Bb12 or LGG
LGG 5 × 108CFU/g
L. fermentum VRI-033 PCC 1 × 109CFU
L. rhamnosus or LGG 3 × 108CFU/g
LGG 10 × 109CFU
LGG 5 × 109CFU
L. rhamnosus 19070-2 and L. reuteri DSM122460 1 × 1010CFU
LGG (5 × 109CFU) or MIX (LGG, 5 × 109CFU; L. rhamnosus LC705, 5 × 109CFU; B. breve Bbi99, 2 × 108CFU; and P. freudenreichii ssp. shermanii JS, 2 × 109CFU)
L. sakei 5 × 109CFU
B. bifidum, L. acidophilus, L. casei, and L. salivarius 2 × 109CFU
B. breve M-16V and a GOS/FOS mixture
1.3 × 109CFU/100ml
L. salivarius and prebiotic or prebiotic alone 2 × 109CFU
L. casei 1 × 108CFU/ml
L. gasseri A5 2 × 109CFU/capsule

Treatment Period
4 Weeks (N = 15 Infants)
8 weeks (n = 27 infants)
4 weeks (n = 27 infants)
16 weeks (n = 56 infants)
12 weeks (n = 50 infants)
8 weeks (n = 54 infants)
12 weeks (n = 54 infants)
6 weeks (n = 43 children)
4 weeks (n = 230 children)
12 weeks (n = 75 children)
8 weeks (n = 40 children)
12 weeks (n = 90 infants)
8 weeks (n = 60 children)
12months (n = 187 children)
8 weeks (n = 105 children)

Major Outcomes
Improved Allergic Symptoms
Increased Bifidobacterium numbers
Improvement in skin condition
Improved clinical score
Reduced SCORAD
Improved skin condition
No effect on SCORAD
No difference in clinical symptoms, immunological parameters, and quality of life
No difference in symptoms, IgE levels
Improved clinical symptoms
Improved clinical symptoms in LGG group
Decreased SCORAD, improved clinical effects
Reduced SCORAD, total IgE
No difference in SCORAD
Modulated intestinal microbiota
Reduced SCORAD, improved clinical condition, less medication use
No difference in asthma symptoms, lower incidence of rhinitis
Decreased clinical symptoms, reduced allergic cytokines

Study
Hattori Et Al. (2003)8
Isolauri et al. (2000)9
Majamaa and Isolauri (1997)10
Weston et al. (2005)11
Brouwer et al. (2006)12
Folster-Holst et al. (2006)13
Gruber et al. (2007)14
Rosenfeldt et al. (2003)15
Viljanen et al. (2005a)16
Woo et al. (2010)17
Yesilova et al. (2012)18
van der Aa et al. (2010)19
Wu et al. (2012)20
Giovannini et al. (2007)21
Chen et al. (2010)22

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