Probiotics and the Nursing Home: Should We Give Bacteria for Breakfast?

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 365-367

  Morley, John E ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; INTERLEUKIN 6; PROBIOTIC AGENT; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; YOGHURT;

ANOREXIA; CALCIUM INTAKE; CALORIC INTAKE; CELL MATURATION; CONSTIPATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIARRHEA; EDITORIAL; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE FLORA; LONGEVITY; MEAL; NURSING HOME; OSTEOPOROSIS; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; STOMACH PROTECTION; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 67649136193     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2009.04.009     Document Type: Editorial

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