We conducted a prospective trial at a tertiary care referral institute in New Delhi , India , from January @ through March @ , of patients with cirrhosis without overt HE ( age , @ @ y ; @ men and @ women ) ; @ were Child-Turcotte-Pugh ( CTP ) class A , @ were CTP class B , and @ were CTP class C. Subjects were assigned randomly to groups given probiotics ( @ @ ( @ ) colony-forming units , @ times daily ; n = @ , @ with minimal HE ) or no test article ( control , n = @ ; @ with minimal HE ) .