Faecal microbiota and short-chain fatty acids in patients receiving enteral nutrition with standard or fructo-oligosaccharides and fibre-enriched formulas

Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 260-268

  Majid, H A ^a,b   Emery, P W ^a   Whelan, K ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bifidobacteria; Enteral nutrition; Fibre; Fructo oligosaccharides; Prebiotics; Short chain fatty acids

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

IDOLAX; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PREBIOTIC AGENT; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIETARY FIBER; ELEMENTAL DIET; ENTERIC FEEDING; FECES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL LOAD; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIARRHEA; DIETARY FIBER; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FECES; FEMALE; FOOD, FORMULATED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; PREBIOTICS;

EID: 79955673388     PISSN: 09523871     EISSN: 1365277X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-277X.2011.01154.x     Document Type: Article

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