Assessment of Efficacy of BLIS-Producing Probiotic K12 for the Prevention of Group A Streptococcus Pharyngitis: a Short Communication

Abstract The neutral outcome of the recently reported school-based trial of probiotic K12 (The effect of the oral probiotic Streptococcus salivarius K12 on group A streptococcus pharyngitis: a pragmatic trial in schools) can be attributed at least partially to several readily identifiable confounding factors. Mainly, the execution and outcome were negatively impacted by (a) the suboptimal efficacy and frequency of K12 administration, (b) the failure both clinically and microbiologically to adequately diagnose and distinguish active group A streptococci (GAS) pharyngitis from harmless GAS carriage, and (c) the exceptionally low occurrence of GAS in this population at the time of the probiotic intervention due to recent high-intensity antibiotic exposure..

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

Probiotics and antimicrobial proteins - 11(2018), 1 vom: 20. Feb., Seite 332-334

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Di Pierro, Francesco [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Carriage
Group A streptococci
K12
Oral probiotic
Pharyngitis

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© The Author(s) 2018

doi:

10.1007/s12602-018-9398-7

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

OLC2072447658