Lactobacillus casei improves resistance to pneumococcal respiratory infection in malnourished mice

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 135, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1462-1469

  Villena, Julio ^a   Racedo, Silvia ^b   Agüero, Graciela ^a   Bru, Elena ^b   Medina, Marcela ^a,b   Alvarez, Susana ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^b CENTRO DE REFERENCIA PARA LACTOBACILOS CERELA CONICET   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Lactobacillus casei; Lung infection; Malnourished mice; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

LACTOBACILLUS CASEI CRL 431 EXTRACT; NATURAL PRODUCT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; FOOD INTAKE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INFECTION RESISTANCE; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; WEANING;

LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 20444400306     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/135.6.1462     Document Type: Article

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