Probiotics cuts intensive care infection

Probiotics cuts intensive care infection - UPI.com: "Ventilator-associated pneumonia in critically ill patients in hospitals was cut in half after probiotics were given to the patients, U.S. researchers say.

Lead author Dr. Lee E. Morrow of the Creighton University says ventilator-associated pneumonia affect an estimated 30 percent of patients who are hospitalized in critical condition.

Morrow and colleagues chose 138 critically ill patients from a single hospital to receive either placebo or probiotic therapy. Patients who received probiotic therapy got Lactobacillus rhamnosus twice daily.

The researchers find the daily use of probiotics not only decreased ventilator-associated pneumonia infections by about 50 percent compared to the placebo."