Lactobacillus fermentum enhances the effects of influenza vaccine.(ABSTRACTS OF INTEREST)(Report)
Publication Date: 01-SEP-07
Publication Title: Original Internist
Format: Online
Author: Brown, Donald

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Design & Participants: Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of 50 healthy, adult volunteers (19 female and 31 male; mean age of 33 [+ or -] 7.7 years)

Study Medication & Dosage: One capsule containing 1 x 1010 cfu of Lactobacillus fermentum CECT5716 or placebo. The influenza vaccine contained inactivated influenza (A/New Caledonia/20/99[H1N1], A/Fujinan/411/2002[H3N2], B/Shanghai/361/2002[B]).

Duration: The study consisted of 28 days of probiotic treatment. Each volunteer received the intramuscular vaccination at day 14.

Outcome Measures: The primary endpoint of the study was the immune response induced...



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