The Effect of Saccharomycess Boulardii on Aerob Bacterial Colonization in Perine and Periuretra in Children

Aim: This study was designed to evaluate whether Saccharomyces boulardii (S. boulardii ) is effective on the bacterial colonization of perineal and periurethral areas in children and could be useful in protective treatment in children with recurrent urinary tract infections. Material and method: Fifty four children were included the study. Perineal and periurethral area cultures provided from each of these children were inoculated into the aerobic cultures seperately. Having been orally given only a single dose of 250 mg S. Boulardii per day for ten days, cultures were repeated. Results: Having been administered S. Boulardii, the number of the cultures which yielded Escherichia coli in both perineal and periurethral areas were found to be decreased significantly. No other uropathogens such as Klebsiella and Proteus were detected to be decreased. Conclusion: This study showed that S. Boulardii administration could be useful in the prevention of urinary tract infection recurrences.