Saccharomyces boulardii reduces infection intensity of mice with toxocariasis

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• 作者：Luciana Farias da Costa de Avila^a ; ^{lucostaavila@hotmail.com} ; Fabricio Rochedo Conceiç ; ã ; o^b ; Paula de Lima Telmo^b ; Gisele Ferreira Dutra^a ; Diego Gil de los Santos^b ; Lourdes Helena Rodrigues Martins^c ; Maria Elisabeth Aires Berne^d ; Pedro Eduardo Almeida da Silva^a ; Carlos James Scaini^a
• 关键词：Toxocariasis ; Toxocara canis ; Probiotics ; Saccharomyces boulardii
• 刊名：Veterinary Parasitology
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：8 June, 2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：187
• 期：1-2
• 页码：337-340
• 全文大小：173 K

文摘

Several studies have shown the benefit of the use of probiotics in the prevention and treatment of diseases; however, few of them have investigated the effect of probiotics on parasitosis. In this study, the effect of Saccharomyces boulardii on the intensity of infection of mice with toxocariasis was evaluated. The animals were fed with a diet supplemented with S. boulardii for 15 days before inoculation with Toxocara canis eggs and for 2 or 60 days post-inoculation. S. boulardii promoted a reduction of approximately 36 % in the average number of recovered T. canis larvae, suggesting that it can be used as an alternative to help control toxocariasis.