Dietary fiber affects the onset of Clostridium difficile disease in hamsters

Nutrition Research

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1103-1112

  Horner, Kyle L ^a   LeBoeuf, Renée C ^a   McFarland, Lynne V ^a,b   Elmer, Gary W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Service de Pharmacologie   (France)

Author keywords

C. difficile; Dietary fiber; Hamsters; Pseudomembranous colitis

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CELLULOSE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A; ISPAGULA; METRONIDAZOLE; POLYCARBOPHIL; POLYCARBOPHIL CALCIUM; VANCOMYCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CECUM; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COLON FLORA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY FIBER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INTESTINE FLORA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; SOYBEAN; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

ANIMALIA; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CRICETINAE; GLYCINE MAX; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS; PLANTAGO OVATA;

EID: 0033843713     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0271-5317(00)00206-2     Document Type: Article

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