[Efficacy of Saccharomyces boulardii CNCM I-745 probiotic drug in the prevention and treatment of diarrhea in hospitalized patients with new coronavirus infection COVID-19].

Autor: Maev IV; Yevdokimov Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry., Andreev DN; Yevdokimov Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry., Sokolov PS; Yevdokimov Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry., Fomenko AК; Yevdokimov Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry., Devkota MK; Yevdokimov Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry., Andreev NG; Yevdokimov Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry., Zaborovsky AV; Yevdokimov Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry.
Jazyk: ruština
Zdroj: Terapevticheskii arkhiv [Ter Arkh] 2022 Nov 22; Vol. 94 (10), pp. 1163-1170. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Nov 22.
DOI: 10.26442/00403660.2022.10.201881
Abstrakt: Aim: To evaluate the efficacy of Saccharomyces boulardii ( S. boulardii ) CNCM I-745 probiotic drug in preventing and treating diarrhea in hospitalized patients with COVID-19.
Materials and Methods: A prospective comparative study was conducted in two parallel groups. The study included males and females aged 18 to 60 with the following diagnosis confirmed by polymerase chain reaction: U07.2 Coronavirus infection COVID-19, caused by SARS-CoV-2 virus (grade 1-3 pneumonia according to CT scan). All patients received antibiotic therapy. The patients were subdivided into two equal groups ( n= 60) depending on the administration of S. boulardii CNCM I-745 probiotic drug in addition to standard treatment. The probiotic was prescribed by the attending physician; the dose was 2 capsules per day (500 mg/day) 30 min before the meal for 10 days. All patients were monitored for main clinical, laboratory, and instrumental parameters during the study. In addition, the symptom of diarrhea (stool with a frequency of more than 3 times a day of type 6 and 7 according to the Bristol stool scale), including its frequency, duration, and the number of bowel movements of loose stool per day were precisely evaluated in both groups.
Results: In the overall patient pool, diarrhea was reported in 21.7% of in-patients during the observation period (95% confidence interval [CI] 14.2-29.1) with a mean duration of 4.6154 days (95% CI 3.7910-5.4398). The incidence of diarrhea in group 1 was 13.3% (95% CI 4.5-22.2), and in group 2, it was 30.0% (95% CI 18.1-41.9). Relative risk showed that the use of the S. boulardii CNCM I-745 probiotic drug leads to a significant reduction in the risk of diarrhea in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 infection receiving antibiotic therapy (odds ratio [OR] 0.3590, 95% CI 0.1421-0.9069; p= 0.0303). In group 1, the duration of diarrhea was 3.1250 days (95% CI 2.5892-3.6608) versus 5.2778 days (95% CI 4.2290-6.3265) in group 2, p= 0.0112. The mean daily frequency of loose stools in patients with diarrhea in group 1 was 3.2500 (95% CI 2.6588-3.8412) versus 4.3889 (95% CI 3.7252-5.0525) in group 2, p= 0.0272. The secondary endpoint, duration of hospital stay, was also significantly shorter in group 1 patients - 11.6833 days (95% CI 11.2042-12.1625) versus 12.7333 days (95% CI 12.1357-13.3309) in group 2, p= 0.0120.
Conclusion: The present prospective comparative study demonstrated that adding S. boulardii CNCM I-745 probiotic drug into the standard treatment regimen of patients with new coronavirus infection COVID-19 receiving antibiotic therapy helps reduce the incidence of diarrhea and its severity during hospitalization, as well as the duration of hospital stay.
Databáze: MEDLINE