Is there a role for modified probiotics as beneficial microbes: A systematic review of the literature

Beneficial Microbes

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 739-754

  Zorzela, L ^a,b   Ardestani, S K ^a,b   McFarland, L V ^c   Vohra, S ^a,b  

^a CARE Program   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult disease; Allergy; Cancer; Dead microbes; Diarrhoea; Living probiotics; Paediatric disease; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT; PLACEBO;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANTIBIOTIC ASSOCIATED DIARRHEA; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE ERADICATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS BREVIS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII SUBSP. BULGARICUS; LACTOBACILLUS HELVETICUS; LACTOBACILLUS JOHNSONII; LACTOBACILLUS PARACASEI; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MILK ALLERGY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MYCOBACTERIUM VACCAE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PANCREATITIS; POLLEN ALLERGY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOOTH INFECTION; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA; UTERUS CANCER; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; INCIDENCE; META ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PLACEBOS; PROBIOTICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85031402766     PISSN: 18762883     EISSN: 18762891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3920/BM2017.0032     Document Type: Article

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