An evaluation of the ability of the probiotic strain Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG to eliminate the gastrointestinal carrier state of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in colonized children

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 872-877

  Szachta, Patrycja ^a   Ignyś, Iwona ^a   Cichy, Wojciech ^a  

^a Karol Jonscher University Hospital   (Poland)

Author keywords

children; probiotic; vancomycin resistant enterococci

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE DERIVATIVE; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEPHALOSPORIN; GLYCOPEPTIDE; NITROFURAN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G DERIVATIVE; POLYMYXIN; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENTEROCOCCAL INFECTION; GASTROINTESTINAL CARRIER STATE OF VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; HUMAN; INFANT; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SUPPLEMENTATION; TREATMENT DURATION; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

ADOLESCENT; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; MALE; PROBIOTICS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 80054106569     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: 15392031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e318227439f     Document Type: Article

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