Influence of Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium Combination on the Gut Microbiota, Clinical Course, and Local Gut Inflammation in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis: A Preliminary, Single-center, Open-label Study

Magdalena Pilarczyk-Zurek¹, Malgorzata Zwolinska-Wcislo², Tomasz Mach², Krzysztof Okon³, Pawel Adamski⁴, Piotr B Heczko¹, Aleksandra Mikolajczyk-Cichonska⁵, Grzegorz Stefanski⁵ and Magdalena Strus^5*

¹Department of Microbiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Cracow, Poland, E-mail: mbstrus@cyf-kr.edu.pl

²Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Cracow, Poland, E-mail: mbstrus@cyf-kr.edu.pl

³Department of Pathomorphology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Cracow, Poland, E-mail: mbstrus@cyf-kr.edu.pl

⁴Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Nature Conservation, Cracow, Poland, E-mail: mbstrus@cyf-kr.edu.pl

⁵IBSS BIOMED SA., Sosnowa 8 Ave., Cracow, Poland, E-mail: mbstrus@cyf-kr.edu.pl

^*Corresponding Author: Magdalena Strus, PhD, Department of Microbiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Czysta 18 Street, 31-121 Cracow, Poland, Tel: +48 12 633 25 67 Email: