Clinical safety of Lactobacillus casei shirota as a probiotic in critically ill children

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 171-173

  Srinivasan, Ramesh ^a   Meyer, Rosan ^a   Padmanabhan, Ramnarayan ^a   Britto, Joseph ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child; Critical care; Lactobacillus; Probiotics; Safety

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; ENTERIC FEEDING; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; MALE; NONHUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROBIOTICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI;

EID: 33646102897     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mpg.0000189335.62397.cf     Document Type: Article

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