Helicobacter pylori Infection and Gastric Dysbiosis: Can Probiotics Administration Be Useful to Treat This Condition?

Table 1

Efficacy of probiotics administration in addiction to antimicrobial therapy compared to antimicrobial therapy alone in clinical trials present in our review.

Study	Patients	Antimicrobial therapy	Probiotic	Duration	Eradication improvement	Side-effects reduction
Ojetti et al. [33]	Adults	E: 20 mg bid,	Lactobacillus reuteri (1 × 10^8 CFU tid)	14 days	Yes	Yes
		L: 500 mg bid,
		A: 1 g bid
Armuzzi et al. [34]	Adults	P: 40 mg bid,	Lactobacillus GG (6 × 10^9 CFU bid)	14 days	No	Yes
		C: 500 mg bid,
		T: 500 mg bid
Chitapanarux et al. [39]	Adults	E: 40 mg bid,	Bifidobacterium longum (not specified)	4 weeks	Yes	Yes
		C: 500 mg bid,
		A: 1 g bid
Yasar et al. [40]	Adults	P: 40 mg bid,	Bifidobacterium DN-173 010-1010 CFU/g yogurt 125 ml	14 days	No	Yes
		C: 500 mg bid,
		A: 1 g bid
Song et al. [41]	Adults	O: 20 mg bid,	Saccharomyces boulardii (3 × l0^10 CFU/g)	4 weeks	Yes	Yes
		C: 500 mg bid,
		A: 1 g bid
Du et al. [43]	Adults	O: 20 mg bid,	Lactobacillus acidophilus (5 × 10^6), Streptococcus faecalis (2.5 × 10^6), and Bacillus subtilis (5 × 10^3) tid	2 weeks	Yes	No
		C: 500 mg bid,
		A: 1 g bid

O: omeprazole; P: pantoprazole; E: esomeprazole; C: clarithromycin; A: amoxicillin; L: levofloxacin; T: tinidazole.