Effectiveness of bombesin and Saccharomyces boulardii against the translocation of Candida albicans in the digestive tract in immunosuppressed Rats

Surgery Today

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 869-873

  Algin, Cem ^a   Sahin, Adnan ^b   Kiraz, Nuri ^b   Sahintürk, Varol ^b   Ihtiyar, Enver ^b  

^a DUMLUPINAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bombesin; Candida albicans; Saccharomyces boulardii; Systemic candidiasis

Indexed keywords

BOMBESIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; PREDNISOLONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FUNGAL STRAIN; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INOCULATION; INTESTINE ULCER; KIDNEY; LARGE INTESTINE; LIVER; LIVER NECROSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NEPHRITIS; NONHUMAN; RAT; SACCHAROMYCES BOULARDII; SPLEEN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; BOMBESIN; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FUNGEMIA; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; PROBABILITY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RISK FACTORS; SACCHAROMYCES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STEM CELLS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 25444462465     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: 14362813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-005-3049-9     Document Type: Article

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