A reassessment of the PROPATRIA study and its implications for probiotic therapy

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 55-63

  Bongaerts, Ger P A ^a   Severijnen, René S V M ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATES; DISEASE CONTROL; LACTIC ACID; POPULATION STATISTICS;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; BACTERIAL FERMENTATIONS; CONTRIBUTING FACTOR; DISEASE SYMPTOMS; FERMENTABLE CARBOHYDRATE; INTESTINAL FLORA; PROBIOTIC BACTERIA; SEVERE ACUTE PANCREATITIS;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

CARBOHYDRATE; IMMUNOLOGIC AGENT; LACTIC ACID; PANCREAS ENZYME; PLACEBO; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FERMENTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; LACTOBACILLUS; METABOLISM; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PANCREAS NECROSIS; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SHORT BOWEL SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ACUTE DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PANCREATITIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; PANCREATITIS; PLACEBOS; PROBIOTICS;

EID: 84953775994     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt.3436     Document Type: Review

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