ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To study the gut flora in infants who received fermented milk containing Lactobacillus casei and Streptococcus termophilus and its effect on secretory immunoglobulin levels. MATERIAL AND METHODS: An experimental, randomized, prospective, parallel group study was carried out. Thirty-five infants were included (18 in the treatment group and 17 in the control group) with a mean age of 2 years (SD: 0.6 years; range: 1-3 years). The experimental group received both fermented milk (0.5 l/day) containing L. casei and S. termophilus for 6 weeks and standard cow's milk for the following 6 weeks. The control group received standard cow's milk (0.5 l/day) for 12 weeks. Secretory IgA levels in saliva were evaluated in the experimental group at the start of the study (baseline levels) and 6 weeks later. In both groups, stools were collected to study gut flora at 0, 6 and 12 week. RESULTS: Secretory IgA levels significantly increased (p =0.0063) from a mean baseline value of 2.5 mg/dl to a mean of 3.4 mg/dl at 6 weeks. Gram-negative aerobic flora were decreased in the experimental group after 6 weeks compared with the control group (p =0.0203). The number of infants with Lactobacillus spp in their gut flora was greater in the experimental group than in the control group at week 6 and this difference was statistically significant (p =0.028) at week 12. Conclusion The present study provides evidence of L. casei survival in the gastrointestinal tract and of its effect of increasing secretory IgA.
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Cultured Milk Products/metabolism , Cultured Milk Products/microbiology , Gastroenteritis/metabolism , Gastroenteritis/microbiology , Intestinal Mucosa/metabolism , Intestines/microbiology , Lacticaseibacillus casei/metabolism , Animals , Child, Preschool , Female , Gastroenteritis/immunology , Gram-Negative Bacteria/isolation & purification , Gram-Positive Bacteria/isolation & purification , Humans , Immunoglobulin A, Secretory/immunology , Infant , Intestines/immunology , Male , Milk , Prospective Studies , Saliva/immunology , Streptococcus thermophilus/metabolism , Time FactorsABSTRACT
Objetivo Estudiar las características de la flora microbiana intestinal de niños que recibieron en su dieta leche fermentada con Lactobacillus casei y Streptococcus termophilus y su repercusión en los valores de inmunoglobulinas secretoras. Material y métodos Estudio experimental aleatorizado, prospectivo, con 2 grupos paralelos. Se incluyeron un total de 35 niños (18 en el grupo experimental y 17 en el grupo control), con una edad media de 2 años (DE: 0,6 años; rango: 1-3 años). El grupo experimental recibió en su dieta leche fermentada (500 ml/día) con L. casei y S. termophilus durante 6 semanas y leche de vaca normal estándar durante 6 semanas más. El grupo control recibió leche de vaca normal estándar (500 ml/día) a lo largo de todo el estudio. Se evaluaron los valores de IgA secretora en saliva del grupo experimental al inicio y a las 6 semanas del estudio. Se recogieron heces para el estudio de la flora intestinal a las 0, 6 y 12 semanas en ambos grupos. Resultados Se observó un aumento estadísticamente significativo (p 5 0,0063) de un valor medio basal de 2,5 mg/dl al inicio hasta una media de 3,4 mg/dl a las 6 semanas. Así mismo, se observó un descenso de la flora aeróbica gramnegativa a la semana 6 en comparación con el grupo control (p 5 0,0203). La proporción de niños en los que se les aisló Lactobacillus spp. en la flora intestinal fue superior en el grupo experimental a partir de la semana 6 y llegando a ser estadísticamente significativa (p 5 0,028) a las 12 semanas. Conclusión El presente estudio aporta evidencia sobre la supervivencia de L. casei en el tracto intestinal y su efecto inmunoestimulante en un incremento significativo del la IgA secretora
Objective To study the gut flora in infants who received fermented milk containing Lactobacillus casei and Streptococcus termophilus and its effect on secretory immunoglobulin levels. Material and methods An experimental, randomized, prospective, parallel group study was carried out. Thirty-five infants were included (18 in the treatment group and 17 in the control group) with a mean age of 2 years (SD: 0.6 years; range: 1-3 years). The experimental group received both fermented milk (0.5 l/day) containing L. casei and S. termophilus for 6 weeks and standard cow's milk for the following 6 weeks. The control group received standard cow's milk (0.5 l/day) for 12 weeks. Secretory IgA levels in saliva were evaluated in the experimental group at the start of the study (baseline levels) and 6 weeks later. In both groups, stools were collected to study gut flora at 0, 6 and 12 week. Results Secretory IgA levels significantly increased (p 5 0.0063) from a mean baseline value of 2.5 mg/dl to a mean of 3.4 mg/dl at 6 weeks. Gram-negative aerobic flora were decreased in the experimental group after 6 weeks compared with the control group (p 5 0.0203). The number of infants with Lactobacillus spp in their gut flora was greater in the experimental group than in the control group at week 6 and this difference was statistically significant (p 5 0.028) at week 12. Conclusion The present study provides evidence of L. casei survival in the gastrointestinal tract and of its effect of increasing secretory IgA
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Animals , Infant , Child, Preschool , Humans , Cultured Milk Products/metabolism , Cultured Milk Products/microbiology , Gastroenteritis/metabolism , Gastroenteritis/microbiology , Intestines/immunology , Intestines/metabolism , Intestines/microbiology , Lacticaseibacillus casei/metabolism , Gastroenteritis/immunology , Gram-Positive Bacteria/isolation & purification , Gram-Negative Bacteria/isolation & purification , Immunoglobulin A, Secretory/immunology , Milk , Prospective Studies , Saliva/immunology , Risk FactorsABSTRACT
Biliary atresia (BA) is the main source of candidates for paediatric liver transplantation (PLTx) with 64 per 100 of survival. The follow-up of 35 immediate candidates of BA, 19 of them transplanted, induced to the authors to change some details on the BA treatment. This disorder does not finish already with portoenterostomy. Eventually mortality causes are infection and chronic rejection. The functional loss of jejunal segment in the Roux en Y may explain the poor cyclosporin absorption and therefore chronic rejection. By other hand, chronic malnutrition presented by these patients before PLTx may favour infection. Authors recommend more aggressive medical treatment before PLTx and technical improvement in the portoenterostomy with the aim of previous surgery does not difficult posterior PLTx.
