Gastrointestinal transit survival of an Enterococcus faecium probiotic strain administered with or without vancomycin

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 109-115

  Lund, Bodil ^a,b   Adamsson, Inger ^a   Edlund, Charlotta ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Enterococcus faecium; Gastrointestinal transit; Humans; Probiotic

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; GENOTYPE; INGESTION; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; PROBIOTICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; VANCOMYCIN;

ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM;

EID: 0037173481     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1605(02)00047-8     Document Type: Article

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