A drug Saccharomyces boulardii is a probiotic. According to the WHO definition, these are live microorganisms, applied in adequate amounts, have a healing effect on the human body.
Saccharomyces boulardii antimicrobial action due to antagonistic effect against pathogenic and opportunistic microorganisms: Clostridium difficile, Candida albicans, Candida kruesei, Candida pseudotropicalis, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella typhimurium, Yersinia enterocolitica, Escherichia coli, Shigella dysenteriae, Staphylococcus aureus and others, as well as Entamoeba histolitica and Lambliae.
Saccharomyces boulardii has an antitoxic effect against bacterial cytotoxic and enterotoxins, increases the enzymatic function of the intestine.
Cell wall component Saccharomyces boulardii Mannitol is a substrate for pathogenic strains Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium, which causes their adhesion (attachment) to the surface Saccharomyces boulardii and the subsequent excretion from the body. Saccharomyces boulardii has a natural resistance to antibiotics.
Saccharomyces boulardii It is not an eubiotic; is not a part of the microflora of a healthy human body, respectively, after taking the drug Saccharomyces boulardii passes through the digestive tract unchanged without colonization and is completely eliminated from the body within 2-5 days after discontinuation of admission.