Decreased duration of acute upper respiratory tract infections with daily intake of fermented milk: A multicenter, double-blinded, randomized comparative study in users of day care facilities for the elderly population

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1231-1235

  Fujita, Retsu ^a,b   Iimuro, Satoshi ^a,b   Shinozaki, Tomohiro ^b   Sakamaki, Kentaro ^c   Uemura, Yukari ^b   Takeuchi, Ayano ^d   Matsuyama, Yutaka ^b   Ohashi, Yasuo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Compromised host; Geriatric health services; Lactobacillus casei strain Shirota; Probiotics

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FERMENTED PRODUCT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; JAPAN; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILK; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

COMPROMISED HOST; GERIATRIC HEALTH SERVICES; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI STRAIN SHIROTA; PROBIOTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DAIRY PRODUCTS; DAY CARE; DIET; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; PLACEBOS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; TIME FACTORS; TOKYO;

EID: 84888432050     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2013.04.005     Document Type: Article

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