Effect of intake of probiotics and probiotic fermented foods on clinical outcomes among people living with HIV: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Oluwafemi Temitayo OyadiranSamuel Busayo OgunladeTemitayo Rebecca OkusanyaElile Monisola OkokaMoshood Abiodun KuyebiMoshood Olanrewaju OmotayoAjibola Ibraheem Abioye

Published in: Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH (2023)

Probiotic supplementation resulted in a modest increase in CD4 lymphocyte count among HAART-naive individuals with no significant change observed among HAART-experienced ones. Viral load and haemoglobin concentration also remained unchanged following probiotic supplementation. Further rigorous and well-powered studies may evaluate the effect of probiotic supplementation on important clinical outcomes among PLHIV on HAART.

Keyphrases

lactic acid
bacillus subtilis
hiv infected patients
peripheral blood
antiretroviral therapy