[Experimental evaluation of efficacy of Lactobacilli in prophylaxis and treatment of cholera]. / Eksperimental'naia otsenka éffektivnosti laktobatsill dlia profilaktiki i lecheniia kholery.

Investigations on experimental models of cholera ("sealed" mice and suckling rabbits) demonstrated that previous daily oral administration of the ferment culture of Lactobacillus acidophilus BKM B-2020[symbol: see text] in a dose of 3.0 x 10(8) microbial cells/ml daily for 5-7 days prevented to the development of Vibrio cholerae infection. The curative effect observed after 3 administrations of lactobacilli within 48 hours after infection with V. cholerae was registered in 50% of cases. This strain of lactobacilli was found to be suitable for use as the basis component of probiotic, an additional remedy for the prophylaxis and treatment of cholera.

[The possibility of colonizing the intestines of white mice with Lactobacillus acidophilus during bacterial therapy]. / Vozmozhnost' prizhivleniia Lactobacillus acidophilus v kishechnike belykh myshei na fone bakterial'noi terapii.

The study revealed the possibility, on principle, for L. acidophilus strain VKM V-2020 D to colonize the intestine of white mice with the preservation of the viability of lactobacilli subjected to the action of antibiotics. The culture of this strain, isolated from the animals, showed the stability of its biological properties: resistance to polymyxin M, kanamycin, cyprofloxacin, nalidixic acid (including acquired resistance to rifampicin), as well as pronounced antagonism with respect to Vibrio cholerae. Good prospects for the use of L. acidophilus strain VKM V-2020 D for further studies regarding its use for prophylaxis and therapy were noted.