Effect of Lactobacillus rhamnosus LGG® and Bifidobacterium animalis ssp. lactis BB-12® on health-related quality of life in college students affected by upper respiratory infections

• Published in: British journal of nutrition Vol. 109; no. 11; pp. 1999 - 2007
• Main Authors: Smith, Tracey J., Rigassio-Radler, Diane, Denmark, Robert, Haley, Timothy, Touger-Decker, Riva
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 14.06.2013
• Subjects: Adolescent; Bifidobacterium - physiology; Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis; Biological and medical sciences; College students; Double-Blind Method; Ear, auditive nerve, cochleovestibular tract, facial nerve: diseases, semeiology; Feeding. Feeding behavior; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Human and Clinical Nutrition; Human viral diseases; Humans; Immune response; Infectious diseases; Lactobacillus rhamnosus; Lactobacillus rhamnosus - physiology; Male; Massachusetts; mechanism of action; Medical sciences; Non tumoral diseases; Nutrition; Otorhinolaryngology. Stomatology; placebos; Probiotics; Probiotics - administration & dosage; Probiotics - pharmacology; Quality of Life; Respiratory diseases; respiratory tract diseases; Respiratory Tract Infections - therapy; sleep; Students; Universities; Vertebrates: anatomy and physiology, studies on body, several organs or systems; Viral diseases; Viral diseases of the respiratory system and ent viral diseases; Wisconsin; Young Adult; Massachusetts; Wisconsin; Respiratory tract infections; Probiotics; Common cold; Bifidobacterium; Lactobacillus; Probiotic; Lactic acid bacteria; Nose disease; Nutrition; Respiratory disease; Health; Eubacteria; Bifidobacteriaceae; Student; Respiratory system infection; Quality of life; Infection; Actinobacteridae; Viral disease; Actinobacteria; Bacteria; Lactobacillaceae; ENT disease; Bifidobacteriales

College students are susceptible to upper respiratory infections (URI) due to inadequate sleep, stress and close living quarters. Certain probiotic strains modulate immune function and may improve health-related quality of life (HRQL) during URI. The present study recruited apparently healthy colleg...