Summary Clostridium difficile an infection (CDI) is among the most prevalent nosocomial infections.
Key phrases: probiotics, Clostridium difficile an infection, Saccharomyces boulardiiCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION Clostridium difficile is a spore-forming, anaerobic, Gram-positive bacterium that causes gastrointestinal an infection with diarrhea and colitis.
PROBIOTIC AGENTS IN CDI Probiotics are dwell microorganisms that, when administered in sufficient dosage, confer a well being profit to the host.
S. BOULARDII The probiotic yeast S. boulardii is normally marketed in a lyophilized kind and is due to this fact also known as S. boulardii lyo.
Research in Vibrio cholerae an infection revealed that the water and electrolyte hypersecretion attributable to cholera toxin might be diminished by S. boulardii.
Therfore, 3 of 5 systematic evaluations discovered no convincing proof for the efficacy of probiotics in CDI remedy or prevention.
