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ArticleEuropean journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology2020

Effect of Saccharomyces boulardii CNCM I-745 as complementary treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection on gut microbiome.

Paúl A Cárdenas, Daniela Garcés, Belén Prado-Vivar, Nancy Flores, Marco Fornasini, Henry Cohen, Iván Salvador, Oswaldo Cargua, Manuel E Baldeón

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In one paragraph

Article in European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04786938 (Effect of Saccaromyces Boulardii CNCM I-745 Supplementation on the Fecal Resistome of Patients Treated Against Helicobacter Pylori Infection), which is not on this map. Cited by 27 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
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27citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
9.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT04786938 phase4completednot on this map

Effect of Saccaromyces Boulardii CNCM I-745 Supplementation on the Fecal Resistome of Patients Treated Against Helicobacter Pylori Infection

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversidad San Francisco de QuitoRan2016 to 2017Enrolled72ConditionsGut ResistomeArmsSaccharomyces Boulardii-Containing Product in Oral Dose Form
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 57 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Frontiers in nutrition · 2026
    Pooled it
  2. The effect of supplementing withFrontiers in medicine · 2024
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  5. Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2022
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  6. Effect of Probiotic-Assisted Eradication ofBioMed research international · 2022
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  8. Gut microbes · 2025
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  10. Towards EffectiveInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  15. The Influence ofAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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  17. The efficacy and safety ofTherapeutic advances in gastroenterology · 2023
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  18. Frontiers in medicine · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Paúl A CárdenasInstituto de Microbiología, COCIBA, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador. pacardenas@usfq.edu.ec.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9626-4489
Daniela GarcésInstituto de Microbiología, COCIBA, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador.
Belén Prado-VivarCentro de Bioinformática, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador.
Nancy FloresCentro de Investigación Biomédica, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud Eugenio Espejo, Universidad UTE, Quito, Ecuador.
Marco FornasiniCentro de Investigación Biomédica, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud Eugenio Espejo, Universidad UTE, Quito, Ecuador.
Henry CohenFacultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay.
Iván SalvadorCentro de Investigación Biomédica, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud Eugenio Espejo, Universidad UTE, Quito, Ecuador.
Oswaldo CarguaCentro de Investigación Biomédica, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud Eugenio Espejo, Universidad UTE, Quito, Ecuador.
Manuel E BaldeónCentro de Investigación Biomédica, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud Eugenio Espejo, Universidad UTE, Quito, Ecuador.
Universidad UTE · ECUniversidad San Francisco de Quito · ECUniversidad de la República de Uruguay · UY

Funding

biocodex ECU01Universidad San Francisco de Quito COCIBAUniversidad UTE CENBIO
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Conventional therapy for H. pylori infection includes the combination of antibiotics and a proton-pump inhibitor. Addition of probiotics as adjuvants for H. pylori antibiotic treatment can increase eradication rate and decrease treatment side effects. Although many studies show the benefits of S. boulardii CNCM I-745 in the treatment of H. pylori infection, the mechanism by which those benefits are achieved is unknown. Here, we report clinical characteristics and fecal microbiota changes comparing conventional anti-H. pylori therapy versus conventional therapy supplemented with S. boulardii CNCM I-745. A total of 74 patients were included in the current study; patients positive for H. pylori (n = 63) were randomly assigned to 2 groups: 34 patients received conventional therapy and 29 antibiotic therapy plus 750 mg of S. boulardii CNCM I-745 daily, for 2 weeks. Eleven patients negative for H. pylori infection were also studied. Patients provided 3 fecal samples: before initiating the antibiotic treatment, upon its completion, and 1 month after treatment. Patients were contacted every 72 h to inquire about side effects and compliance. DNA was extracted, and 16S rRNA was amplified and sequenced on Illumina MiSeq. Bioinformatic analysis was performed using QIIME2. Patients who received the probiotic had a significantly lower frequency of associated gastrointestinal symptoms (P = 0.028); higher number of bacterial diversity evenness (P = 0.0156); higher abundance of Enterobacteria; and lower abundance of Bacteroides and Clostridia upon treatment completion. Addition of S. boulardii CNCM I-745 induced a lower frequency of gastrointestinal symptoms that could be related to changes in gut microbiota.

Indexed as

Gastrointestinal MicrobiomeAdultAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacteriaFecesFemaleHelicobacter InfectionsHelicobacter pyloriHumansMaleMiddle AgedProbioticsRNA, Ribosomal, 16SSaccharomyces boulardiiTreatment OutcomeAnti-Bacterial AgentsRNA, Ribosomal, 16SEcuadorHelicobacter pylori infectionMicrobiomeProbioticsSaccharomyces boulardii CNCM I-745

Identifiers

PMID32125555
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