Antibiotic resistance: the pros and cons of probiotics

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 38, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2006, Pages

  Courvalin, Patrice ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Acquired resistance; Antibiotic; Gene transfer; Intrinsic resistance; Probiotics

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBAPENEM; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; MACROLIDE; OXAZOLIDINONE DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOGRAMIN; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; DRUG SAFETY; ENTEROPATHY; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; MICROFLORA; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN;

BACILLUS; BACTERIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; PROBIOTICS; SAFETY;

EID: 33846456990     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1590-8658(07)60006-1     Document Type: Article

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