Safety of probiotics: Comparison of two popular strains

British Medical Journal

Volumn 333, Issue 7576, 2006, Pages 1006-1008

  Hammerman, Cathy ^a   Bin Nun, Alona ^b   Kaplan, Michael ^a  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION RATE; LACTOBACILLUS; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SHORT SURVEY; BACTEREMIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LAW; MICROBIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BACTEREMIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; LEGISLATION, FOOD; PROBIOTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33750934421     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39010.630799.BE     Document Type: Short Survey

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