RUDN Journal of Medicine (Dec 2010)
Effectiveness of probiotics use in patients with chronic viral hepatitis
Abstract
It has been shown that liver damages of viral genesis were accompanied by disturbances of the large intestine microbial ecology and a reliable decrease in the number of bifid and lactic acid bacteria, increased frequency of staphylococcus occurrence and decreased enterococcus number. It has been grounded that it was necessary to correct the large intestine flora in patients with chronic hepatitis В and chronic hepatitis С by using probiotic preparations stimulating growth and rehabilitation of normal flora functions.