Study population, compliance, adverse events, and secondary outcomes
For this study, 18 ileostomy subjects were screened of which 16 (Fig. The primary aim was to determine the impact of the consumption of fermented dairy products on the small intestine microbiota composition and activity. In addition, intestinal permeability and SCFA levels in ileostoma effluent samples were determined at the start and end of each of the intervention periods. Notably, neither permeability nor SCFA amount or composition was significantly affected by any of the interventions (Additional file 