Background In 2013, a systematic review and Delphi consensus reported that specific
probiotics can benefit adult patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and other …

The species composition of the human gut microbiota is related to overall health, and a
healthy gut microbiome is crucial in maintaining colonization resistance against pathogens …

Integration of antibiotic and probiotic therapy has the potential to lessen the public health
burden of antimicrobial-associated diseases. Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) represents …

Probiotics have been claimed as a valuable tool to restore the balance in the intestinal
microbiota following a dysbiosis caused by, among other factors, antibiotic therapy. This …

CDI may complicate the course of IBD, however the presentation may not be typical.
Therefore, all patients with worsening gastrointestinal symptoms should be evaluated for …

Adhesion to epithelial cells is considered important for Lactobacillus to exert probiotic
effects. In this study, we found that trypsin treatment decreased the adhesion ability of …

Scope The influence of the intestinal microbiota, such as Lactobacillus, on the intestinal
mucosa, particularly intestinal stem cells, remains incompletely understood. In this study …

Clostridium difficile (C. diff) is the most common causative agent of antibiotic-associated
diarrhea and colitis. This spore-forming, obligate anaerobic, gram-positive bacillus is …

Colonization by toxin-producing bacteria in the gut plays a major role in bowel problems in
autistic patients. Prebiotics can inhibit the growth of these pathogenic microbes by …

For many years, it has been known that Clostridium difficile (CD) is the primary cause of
health-care-associated infectious diarrhea, afflicting approximately 1% of hospitalized …