Effects of Bifidobacterium lactis Bb12 Supplementation on Intestinal Microbiota of Preterm Infants: a Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Randomized Study
| Autor: | Michael Blaut, Corinna Koebnick, Janko Schildt, Manfred Mueller, Sabine Schmidt, Michael Radke, Ruchika Mohan, Mike Possner |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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Microbiology (medical) medicine.medical_specialty Colony Count Microbial Gut flora Placebo Bifidobacteriales Gastroenterology Microbiology law.invention Probiotic fluids and secretions Double-Blind Method Enterobacteriaceae law Internal medicine Drug Resistance Bacterial medicine Humans In Situ Hybridization Fluorescence Feces Bifidobacterium Clostridium biology Probiotics Infant Newborn Bacteriology biology.organism_classification Culture Media Bifidobacterium animalis Intestines Bifidobacteriaceae Female Infant Premature |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 44:4025-4031 |
| ISSN: | 1098-660X 0095-1137 |
| DOI: | 10.1128/jcm.00767-06 |
| Popis: | The gastrointestinal microbiota of preterm infants in a neonatal intensive care unit differs from that of term infants. In particular, the colonization of preterm infants by bifidobacteria is delayed. A double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized clinical study was performed on 69 preterm infants to investigate the role of Bifidobacterium lactis Bb12 supplementation in modifying the gut microbiota. Both culture-dependent and culture-independent approaches were used to study the gut microbiota. Bifidobacterial numbers, determined by fluorescence in situ hybridization, were significantly higher in the probiotic than in the placebo group (log 10 values per g of fecal wet weight: probiotic, 8.18 + 0.54 [standard error of the mean]; placebo, 4.82 + 0.51; P < 0.001). A similar trend for bifidobacterial numbers was also obtained with the culture-dependent method. The infants supplemented with Bb12 also had lower viable counts of Enterobacteriaceae (log 10 values of CFU per g of fecal wet weight: probiotic, 7.80 + 0.34; placebo, 9.03 + 0.35; P = 0.015) and Clostridium spp. (probiotic, 4.89 + 0.30; placebo, 5.99 + 0.32; P = 0.014) than the infants in the placebo group. Supplementation of B. lactis Bb12 did not reduce the colonization by antibiotic-resistant organisms in the study population. However, the probiotic supplementation increased the cell counts of bifidobacteria and reduced the cell counts of enterobacteria and clostridia. |
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