Synbiotic for Prevention of SARS-Cov2 Infection in High Risk Hospital Staffs: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Hamid Ahanchian, Alireza Ranjbar, Hamidreza Reihani, Arash Peivandi Yazdi, Seyed Ali Jafari, Mohammad Ali Kiani, Rana Tafrishi, Nasrinsadat Motevalli Haghi, Nasrin Moazzen, Ali Khalshour, Faezeh Mirzaei, Zahra Abbasi Shaye, Sadegh Ebrahimi, Hamidreza Kianifar
Open Journal of Nursing, doi:10.4236/ojn.2021.115025
Introduction: COVID-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 increasingly involves people worldwide. Probiotics can improve immune system functions via different mechanisms. We proposed that Synbiotic Lactocare ® may also reduce SARS-Cov2 infection in high-risk medical staff working in COVID-19 hospital wards. Method: In a randomized, controlled trial, 60 hospital staff without any history of clinical or laboratory evidence of SARS-Cov2 infection were received either once-daily oral synbiotic capsule (Lactocare ® ) that contains 1 billion CFU/Cap of L. (Lactobacillus) casei, L.
Conflicts of Interest The authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding the publication of this paper.
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