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Investigating the therapeutic potential of a probiotic in a clinical population with chronic hand dermatitis

Overview of attention for article published in Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology, May 2018
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Investigating the therapeutic potential of a probiotic in a clinical population with chronic hand dermatitis
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Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology, May 2018
DOI 10.2147/ccid.s164748
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Wayne P Gulliver, Andrew S Hutton, Noam Ship

Abstract

Hand dermatitis or hand eczema (HD) is one of the most common dermatologic conditions. Lesions, scaling, pruritus and pain are chronic and relapsing. Improved HD has been reported with the probiotic composed of Lactobacillus acidophilus CL1285, Lactobacillus casei LBC80R and Lactobacillus rhamnosus CLR2 (Bio-K+). Investigation of the therapeutic potential of this probiotic as the sole systemic treatment for adults with nonacute HD. A single-center study documented clinical ratings and patient-reported outcomes in adults with chronic HD. The probiotic was taken orally for 12 weeks, adjunctive to standard topical treatments and preventative measures. Most of the 30 subjects with mild to severe HD were compliant with the probiotic. Around 22 of the 30 subjects were able to complete the study, and of these subjects, an improvement was noted in 19. One required systemic therapy, and one subject was not able to tolerate the probiotic and therefore discontinued the study. 23% of the subjects achieved clear or almost clear hands by the end of 12 weeks. Pruritus, which was a common complaint at baseline, was improved with 59% of symptomatic patients within 2 weeks. It is feasible and safe to administer Bio-K+ for HD. Clinicians saw an improvement in most subjects' hands, and cases of significant improvement in dermatitis were documented. Pruritus was the most rapidly relieved symptom, as reported by patients.

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Unknown 31 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 4 13%
Librarian 3 10%
Researcher 3 10%
Other 2 6%
Student > Doctoral Student 2 6%
Other 4 13%
Unknown 13 42%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 8 26%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 3 10%
Nursing and Health Professions 2 6%
Social Sciences 2 6%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 3%
Other 2 6%
Unknown 13 42%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 25 June 2018.
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#15,879,822
of 25,584,565 outputs
Outputs from Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology
#487
of 900 outputs
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#190,430
of 339,719 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology
#13
of 15 outputs
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