Testing probiotic strain Escherichia coli Nissle 1917 (Mutaflor) for its ability to reduce carriage of multidrug-resistant E. coli by elderly residents in long-term care facilities

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 366-370

  Tannock, Gerald W ^a   Tiong, Ing Soo ^a   Priest, Patricia ^a   Munro, Karen ^a   Taylor, Corinda ^a   Richardson, Alice ^a   Schultz, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFALOTIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; MUTAFLOR; NITROFURANTOIN; NORFLOXACIN; PLACEBO; TRIMETHOPRIM;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; ELDERLY CARE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FECES CULTURE; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBIOSIS; CARRIER STATE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; PLACEBOS; PROBIOTICS; URINE;

EID: 79951917250     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.025874-0     Document Type: Article

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