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Effectiveness of acipole in prevention of enteric dysbacteriosis due to antibacterial therapy

Oleĭnichenko EV, Mitrokhin SD, Nonikov VE, Minaev VI

Antibiotiki i khimioterapiia = Antibiotics and chemoterapy [sic], 1999

120 participants

Abstract

Acipole (Lactobacillus acidophilus + Kefir greins) was used to manage antibiotic dysbacteriosis as an adverse reaction of antibacterial therapy. 120 patients treated with antibacterial drugs for acute pneumonia and exacerbations of chronic bronchitis were observed. 54 of them were treated under the routine regimen with antibiotics and 66 were additionally treated with the eubiotic acipole: 1 tablet (5 doses) 3 times a day 30 minutes before meal. Routine bacteriological examination of the feces was applied to all the patients. High frequency of bacteriologically revealed dysbacteriosis was stated. The therapy under the antibiotic + acipole regimen lowered the frequency of dysbacteriosis events and their severity. The fact that the use of acipole simultaneously with the routine antibacterial therapy prevented the development of dysbacteriosis clinical signs is of practical importance.

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