Xylitol-supplemented nutrition enhances bacterial killing and prolongs survival of rats in experimental pneumococcal sepsis

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Renko, Marjo ^a   Valkonen, Päivi ^a   Tapiainen, Terhi ^a   Kontiokari, Tero ^a   Mattila, Pauli ^b   Knuuttila, Matti ^b   Svanberg, Martti ^a   Leinonen, Maija ^c   Karttunen, Riitta ^a,d   Uhari, Matti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d KANTA HÄME CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

XYLITOL; SWEETENING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; LOG RANK TEST; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; RAT; RESPIRATORY BURST; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURVIVAL TIME; ANIMAL; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; DISEASE MODEL; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; SEPSIS; SPLEEN; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SURVIVAL; TIME;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RATTUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANIMALS; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MALE; NEUTROPHILS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESPIRATORY BURST; SEPSIS; SPLEEN; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SWEETENING AGENTS; TIME FACTORS; XYLITOL;

EID: 42149166579     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-8-45     Document Type: Article

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