Intestinal-borne dermatoses significantly improved by oral application of Escherichia coli Nissle 1917

Table 3 Changes of the flora after treatment with E. coli Nissle n (%)

	Experimental		Control
	arm (n = 37)		arm (n = 20)
Microflora	Before	After	Before	After
characteristics	treatment	treatment	treatment	treatment
Bifidobacteria
> 107 CFU/g	5 (14)	29 (79)b	3 (15)	3 (15)
Normal
< 107 CFU/g	26 (70)	7 (19)b	15 (75)	14 (70)
Below normal
absent	6 (16)	1 (2)b	2 (10)	3 (15)
Lactobacteria
> 107 CFU/g	3 (8)	23 (63)b	3 (15)	2 (10)
Normal
< 107 CFU/g	27 (73)	13 (35)b	15 (75)	15 (75)
Below normal
absent	7 (19)	1 ( 2)b	2 (10)	3 (15)
Pathogenic
microflora	27 (73)	5 (14)b	16 (80)	14 (70)

^bP < 0.01 significant difference before vs after treatment.