Bacillus clausii as a treatment of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1327-1328

  Gabrielli, Maurizio ^a   Lauritano, Ernesto Cristiano ^a   Scarpellini, Emidio ^a   Lupascu, Andrea ^a   Ojetti, Veronica ^a   Gasbarrini, Giovanni ^a   Silveri, Nicolò Gentiloni ^a   Gasbarrini, Antonio ^a,b  

^a FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; BACILLUS; BACILLUS CLAUSII; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOATING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BREATH TEST; LETTER; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINAL BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; SMALL INTESTINE DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMALL INTESTINE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BACILLUS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; PROBIOTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 66949141513     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2009.91     Document Type: Letter

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