Microbial composition and fecal fermentation end products from colicky infants - A probiotic supplementation pilot

Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-47

  Mentula, Silja ^a   Tuure, Tuula ^b   Koskenala, Raita ^b   Korpela, Riitta ^b,c   Könönen, Eija ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Colonization; Fecal bacteria; Infantile colic; Probiotics; SCFA

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; CARBON DIOXIDE; FATTY ACID; HYDROGEN; INDOLE; LACTIC ACID; PLACEBO; PROBIOTIC AGENT; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BREVE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLIC; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COMMENSAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYING; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FECES; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; GAS PRODUCTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM FREUDENREICHII SHERMANII; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUPPLEMENTATION; SYMPTOM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIFIDOBACTERIUM BREVE; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; PROPIONIBACTERIUM FREUDENREICHII;

EID: 42049105356     PISSN: 0891060X     EISSN: 16512235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08910600801933846     Document Type: Article

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