Probiotics: Not just for treatment anymore

Pediatrics

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 174-177

  Van Niel, Cornelius W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Sea Mar Community Health Centers   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; MUCIN; PLACEBO; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ATOPY; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANIMALIS; BREAST MILK; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DENTAL CARIES; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SAFETY; ENTERITIS; FEVER; FOOD ALLERGY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA; INFLAMMATION; IRRITABLE COLON; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; MICROORGANISM; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NOTE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA; UROGENITAL TRACT INFECTION; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; DAY CARE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; INFANT; INFANTILE DIARRHEA; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; LACTOBACILLUS; PROBIOTICS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES;

EID: 16844384251     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-2356     Document Type: Note

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