Tolerance and safety of the potentially probiotic strain Lactobacillus rhamnosus PRSF-L477: A randomised, double-blind placebo-controlled trial in healthy volunteers

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 104, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1806-1816

  Wind, Richèle D ^a   Tolboom, Hermien ^a,b   Klare, Ingo ^c   Huys, Geert ^d   Knol, Jan ^a  

^a DANONE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b Regilabs   (Netherlands)

^c ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antibiotic susceptibility; Colonisation; Lactobacillus rhamnosus; Probiotics; Re isolation; Safety

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; LINEZOLID; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PENICILLIN G; PLACEBO; PROBIOTIC AGENT; PRSF L477; STREPTOMYCIN; SULTAMICILLIN; TEICOPLANIN; TRIMETHOPRIM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; LIVER FUNCTION; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VOLUNTEER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBIOTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS;

EID: 78649999619     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114510002746     Document Type: Article

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