Effect of the continuous intake of probiotic-fermented milk containing Lactobacillus casei strain Shirota on fever in a mass outbreak of norovirus gastroenteritis and the faecal microflora in a health service facility for the aged

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 549-556

  Nagata, Satoru ^a   Asahara, Takashi ^b   Ohta, Toshihisa ^b   Yamada, Toshihiko ^c,d   Kondo, Shigemi ^d   Bian, Lei ^a   Wang, Chongxin ^a   Yamashiro, Yuichiro ^a   Nomoto, Koji ^b  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YAKULT CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR MICROBIOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c Yuyu Health Service Facility for Aged   (Japan)

^d JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Faecal microflora; Fever; Long stay elderly people; Norovirus gastroenteritis; Organic acids; Probiotic fermented milk; Probiotics

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; RIBOSOME RNA;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FECES MICROFLORA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILK; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS GASTROENTERITIS; PREVALENCE; PROBIOTIC FERMENTED MILK; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK MANAGEMENT; VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS; WINTER;

ACETIC ACID; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CULTURED MILK PRODUCTS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FECES; FEMALE; FEVER; FRAIL ELDERLY; GASTROENTERITIS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; IMMUNOMODULATION; JAPAN; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; MALE; NOROVIRUS; NURSING HOMES; PROBIOTICS;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; NOROVIRUS;

EID: 80053022702     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S000711451100064X     Document Type: Article

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