Lyophilized and rehydrated Saccharomyces boulardii yeasts were administered to young rats previously inoculated into the cecum with Entamoeba histolytica. The numbers of diseased young rats and the severity of the infection, assessed from the appearance of the cecum and its content of mucus and amebae, were significantly reduced by the treatment. The lesions observed resembled those seen in the untreated controls, although healing was faster in the treated animals. Saccharomyces boulardii had no intrinsic amebicidal action in vitro.

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