Limited effect of refined carbohydrate dietary supplementation on colonization of the gastrointestinal tract of healthy subjects by Candida albicans

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1170-1173

  Weig, Michael ^a   Werner, Edgar ^b   Frosch, Matthias ^b   Kasper, Heinrich ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Colonization; Concentration; Gastrointestinal tract; Glucose; Humans; Modulation; Refined carbohydrate; Sugar; Yeast

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT SELECTION; SUGAR INTAKE; YEAST;

EID: 0032974557     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/69.6.1170     Document Type: Article

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