Table 2. Demographic Information and Bowel Flora Results From the Standard Therapy and Probiotic Therapy Groups at Baseline (Day 1) and Following Treatment (Day 7) Compared to Healthy Controls, (M ± SEM).

	Control, n=24	Standard Therapy, n=34		Probiotic Therapy, n=32
Age	42.7 ± 1.2	42.06 ± 2.18		42.16 ± 1.89
Duration of Alcoholism, years	-	17.2 ± 2.8		15.9 ± 1.4
Percent Smokers	68%	75 %		78 %
		Day 1	Day 7	Day 1	Day 7
E. coli, log CFU/g	6.70 ± 0.34	7.25± 0.47	6.4 ± 0.37	7.49 ± 0.30	7.44 ± 0.24
Bifidobacteria, log CFU/g	7.5 ± 0.32	6.13 ± 0.21a	6.81 ± 0.27	6.5 ± 0.28a	7.9±0.39b,c
Lactobacilli, log CFU/g	4.59 ± 0.34	3.0 ± 0.26a	3.2 ± 0.27a	3.3 ± 0.26a	4.2 ± 0.27b,c
Enterococci, log CFU/g	5.5 ± 0.30	4.12 ± 0.29a	4.3 ±0.30a	4.65 ± 0.27a	5.3 ± 0.31c

^ap < 0.05 vs. healthy control group

^bp < 0.05 Day 1 vs. Day 7

^cp < 0.05 Standard Therapy vs. Probiotic Therapy