Effect of pH and antibiotics on microbial overgrowth in the stomachs and duodena of patients undergoing percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy feeding

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 3059-3065

  O'May, Graeme A ^a   Reynolds, Nigel ^b   Smith, Aileen R ^a   Kennedy, Aileen ^a   Macfarlane, George T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b NINEWELLS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOFILM; CANDIDA; CELL VIABILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DUODENUM; DYSPHAGIA; ENTERIC FEEDING; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OROPHARYNX; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STOMACH; STOMACH PH; STREPTOCOCCUS; YEAST;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; CANDIDA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DUODENUM; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; GASTROSTOMY; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; STOMACH;

CANDIDA; ENTEROBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; STAPHYLOCOCCI;

EID: 22144479779     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.7.3059-3065.2005     Document Type: Article

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