Probiotics: Current trends in the treatment of diarrhea

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 213-218

  Narayan, Sujatha S ^a   Jalgaonkar, Sharmila ^b   Shahani, S ^a   Kulkarni, Vijaya N ^a  

^a KJ Somaiya Medical College   (India)

^b KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Bifidobacterium; Clostridium difficile; Diarrhea; Lactobacillus; Probiotics

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLINDAMYCIN; ENEMA; METRONIDAZOLE; PLACEBO; PREBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT; VANCOMYCIN; YOGHURT;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CONSTIPATION; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; ENTERITIS; ENTEROCOCCUS; FOOD COMPOSITION; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANTILE DIARRHEA; INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA; INTESTINE FLORA; IRRADIATION; IRRITABLE COLON; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOCOCCUS; LEUCONOSTOC; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PEDIOCOCCUS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SACCHAROMYCES BOULARDII; STREPTOCOCCUS; SYMBIOSIS; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; YEAST; DAIRY PRODUCT; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CULTURED MILK PRODUCTS; DIARRHEA; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; PROBIOTICS; YOGURT;

EID: 77955802923     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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