Probiotic lactobacilli and bacteraemia in Stockholm

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 327-331

  Sullivan, Åsa ^a   Nord, Carl Erik ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; AMPICILLIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DALBAVANCIN; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; LINEZOLID; PROBIOTIC AGENT; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS PARACASEI; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; METHODOLOGY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE INCIDENCE; SAMPLING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PROBIOTICS; SWEDEN;

EID: 33744797141     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540500449826     Document Type: Article

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