Effect of Saccharomyces boulardii against experimental oral infection with Salmonella typhimurium and Shigella flexneri in conventional and gnotobiotic mice

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Saccharomyces boulardii was shown to be capable of inhibiting multiplication of enteropathogenic bacteria in vitro and is currently used for its anti-diarrhoea properties. We studied the capacity of this yeast to antagonize Salmonella typhimurium and Shigella flexneri in the intestinal tract of conventional or gnotobiotic NMRI mice. Conventional animals were given daily 10 mg doses of S. boulardii, whereas...

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