Probiotics in the intensive care unit: Why controversies and confusion abound

Critical Care

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Morrow, Lee E ^a   Kollef, Marin H ^b  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; PROBIOTIC AGENT; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTOR;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CELL MATURATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COLITIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; LACTOBACILLUS; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PROBIOTICS;

EID: 52449117483     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc6927     Document Type: Note

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