TABLE 1.

Treatment with probiotic strains reduced adhesion of non-albicans Candida strains to Caco-2 cell monolayer^a

NAC species	Number of adherent probiotic cells (CFU/ml)
	Coinoculation condition				Postinoculation condition
	—	+S. boulardii	+S. cerevisiae	+I. occidentalis	—	→S. boulardii	→S. cerevisiae	→I. occidentalis
C. tropicalis	19,118 ± 596	401 ± 82	411 ± 85	390 ± 87	21,335 ± 314	826 ± 46	445 ± 18	498 ± 11
C. krusei	20,680 ± 980	550 ± 98	441 ± 82	346 ± 68	15,255 ± 731	948 ± 83	493 ± 22	1,000 ± 54
C. parapsilosis	1,307 ± 203	184 ± 40	186 ± 37	205 ± 17	5,504 ± 94	439 ± 45	462 ± 37	480 ± 32
C. glabrata	1,757 ± 168	257 ± 81	261 ± 28	171 ± 41	832 ± 33	374 ± 21	386 ± 11	424 ± 21

^aFor the coinoculation condition (+), probiotic yeasts and non-albicans Candida strains were coinoculated with monolayers of Caco-2 cells and incubated for 3 h. For the postinoculation condition (→), non-albicans Candida strains were applied on an epithelial layer of Caco-2 cells for 60 min prior to inoculation of probiotic yeasts and incubated for an additional 120 min. Candida chrome agar was used to assess CFU of adhered non-albicans Candida on an epithelial layer of Caco-2 cells. All values are expressed as means ± SD. All the values represent statistical significance at P values of <0.05 in comparison to the results determined for the untreated control group (—).