Probiotic treatment of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth by Lactobacillus fermentum KLD

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 615-619

  Stotzer, Per Ove ^a   Blomberg, Lena ^b   Conway, Patricia L ^c   Henriksson, Anders ^c   Abrahamsson, Hasse ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FECES; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BREATH TEST; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS FERMENTUM; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; SMALL INTESTINE; SYMPTOM; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA;

EID: 0030515238     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365549609037970     Document Type: Article

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