Probiotics are living microorganisms which are beneficial to health when consumed. The benefits to health attributed to bacterial probiotics have been described (Reference: Lactobacillus Molecular Biology: From Genomics to Probiotics ISBN: 978-1-904455-41-7). Several preparations containing probiotic yeast cells are commercially available. The beneficial effects of strains of yeast such as Saccharomyces boulardii are well documented. Probiotic yeast cells provide nutritive value and are generally resistant to passage through the stomach and intestine. In addition they are resistant to most antibiotics so they can be used in patients receiving antibiotic therapy. A recent review about the effects of Saccharomyces boulardii on gastrointestinal diseases was published in the journal Current Issues in Molecular Biology. (Zanello et al Curr. Issues. Mol. Biol. 11: 47-58)
Health benefits attributed to probiotics include the treatment and the prevention of gastrointestinal diseases, vaginal and urinary infections and allergies. The yeast Saccharomyces boulardii has been described as a biotherapeutic agent since several clinical trials displayed its beneficial effects in the prevention and the treatment of intestinal infections and in the maintenance of inflammatory bowel disease.
All these diseases are characterized by acute diarrhoea. Administration of the yeast in combination or not with an antibiotic therapy was shown to decrease significantly the duration and the frequency of diarrhoea. Experimental studies elucidated partially the molecular mechanisms that helped improve the health of the patient. The discovery of its anti-inflammatory and immuno-modulatory activities in correlation with the advances in the understanding of mucosal immunology opens a new field of perspectives in Saccharomyces boulardii therapeutic applications.
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