LGG probiotic comes from a specific strain of friendly bacteria called Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG. The letters at the end refer to scientists Sherwood Gorbach and Barry Goldwin, who first isolated ...

A 1999 study of LGG's ability to prevent or lessen antibiotic-associated diarrhea in children found that 26 percent who took placebo had diarrhea, compared with 8 percent who took LGG.

In RCTs using single-strain LGG, probiotic supplementation continued until discharge in six studies and for a specified duration in five. 8 RCTs focused on preterm infants under 34 weeks, while ...

Study hypothesis was that LGG prophylaxis would actually decrease the incidence of symptoms compatible with COVID-19 within 28 days (primary endpoint), but also the number of confirmed diagnoses ...

LGG colonization promoted bodyweight gain and increased diversity and richness of the colonic mucosa-associated microbiota before weaning. Intestinal epithelial cell proliferation, ...