Lactobacillus plantarum 299v enhances the concentrations of fecal short-chain fatty acids in patients with recurrent Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2082-2086

  Wullt, Marlene ^a   Johansson Hagslätt, Marie Louise ^a   Odenholt, Inga ^a   Berggren, Anna ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Probi AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Colonic microflora; Lactobacillus plantarum 299v, Probiotic bacteria; Recurrent Clostridium difficile associated diarrhea; Short chain fatty acids; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BUTYRIC ACID; CARBOXYLIC ACID; ISOBUTYRIC ACID; LACTIC ACID; METRONIDAZOLE; PLACEBO; PROBIOTIC AGENT; PROPIONIC ACID; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; SUCCINIC ACID;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; FERMENTATION; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DIARRHEA; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FECES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; METRONIDAZOLE; PROBIOTICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547830316     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-006-9123-3     Document Type: Article

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