Clinical Case Reports (Dec 2020)

Two cases of type 2 diabetes mellitus successfully treated with probiotics

  • Néstor Cardinali,
  • Carlos Bauman,
  • Facundo Rodriguez Ayala,
  • Roberto Grau

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3354
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 12
pp. 3119 – 3124

Abstract

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Abstract The gut microbiota, and particularly probiotic bacteria, has emerged as a promising and novel intervention to fight the looming worldwide diabetes epidemic when combined with the appropriate medication. Herein, we report two cases of patient with type 2 diabetes refractory to conventional therapy that showed notable improvement after probiotic intervention.

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