Probiotic* | Reference | Number treated with probiotic | Type of assay for NM | Enrolled population | Type of disrupting factor | Follow-up post-treatment (weeks) | Claims stated in papers | Evidence-based claim |
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Bifido breve | Wada et al32 | 19 | FISH | Paediatric cancer patients | Chemotherapy | 8 | Enhances anaerobes | No change |
Bifido longum BB536 | Orrhage et al52 | 10 | Culture | Healthy volunteers | Clindamycin | 0 | Restores | Restores |
Clostridium butyricum MIYAIRI | Seki et al34 | 83 | Culture | Paediatric respiratory or GI infections | Antibiotics | 0 | Restores | Restores |
Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFB1748 | Lidbeck et al54 | 5 | Culture | Healthy volunteers | Enoxacin or | 1 | Restores only in enoxacin | Restores only in enoxacin |
5 | Culture | Volunteers | Clindamycin | 1 | No change | No change in clindamycin | ||
Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG | Zoppi et al51 | 7 | Culture | Paediatric respiratory infections | Ceftriaxone | 0 | Partially corrects | Partially restores |
Saccharomyces boulardii lyo | Zoppi et al51 | 6 | Culture | Paediatric respiratory infections | Ceftriaxone | 0 | Improves | Partially restores |
L. acidophilus+Bifido bifidum | Black et al55 | 10 | Culture | Healthy volunteers | Ampicillin | 2 | Recovers more rapidly | Restores |
Zoppi et al51 | 7 | Culture | Pediatric respiratory | Ceftriaxone | 0 | Less change | Partially restores | |
L. acidophilus 1748+B. longum BB536 | Orrhage et al52 | 10 | Culture | Healthy volunteers | Clindamycin | 0 | No change | No change |
L. rhamnosus+L. bifidus+L. acidophilus | Zoppi et al51 | 7 | Culture | Paediatric respiratory infections | Ceftriaxone | 0 | Partially corrects | Partially restores |
L. acidophilus 1748+Lactobacillus paracasei F19+Bifido lactis Bb12 | Jernberg et al56 | 4 | Culture PCR TRFLP | Healthy volunteers | Clindamycin | 2 | Restores | Restores |
L. acidophilus CUL60+L. acidophilus CUL21+B. bifidum CUL17+Bifido animalis lactis | Madden et al57 | 15 | Culture | Helicobacter pylori+ | Amoxicillin+metronidazole | 2 | Restores | Restores |
Plummer et al58 | 76 | Culture | H. pylori+ | Amoxicillin+clarithromycin | 2 | Restores more rapidly | Partially restores | |
L. acidophilus NCFM+L. paracasei Lpc-37+B. bifidumĀ Bb02+B. lactis Bi-04+B. lactis Bi-07 | Engel-brektson et al50 | 20 | Culture PCR TRFLP | Healthy volunteers | Augmentin | 2 | Restores | Restores |
*Including strain (when reported).
GI, gastrointestinal.