A nonviable preparation of lactobacillus acidophilus is not a probiotic [1]

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 886-

  Sanders, Mary Ellen ^a   Hamilton, Jeremy ^b   Reid, Gregor ^d   Gibson, Glenn ^c  

^a DAIRY AND FOOD CULTURE TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; DIARRHEA; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SAFETY; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA;

HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; PROBIOTICS; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 33847675524     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/511879     Document Type: Letter

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