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Gastrointestinal transit survival of an Enterococcus faecium probiotic strain administered with or without vancomycin.
International journal of food microbiology - 25 Jul 2002
Lund Bodil, Adamsson Inger, Edlund Charlotta
Abstract excerpt
The primary aim of this study was to evaluate if an ingested probiotic, containing viable Enterococcus faecium could survive gastrointestinal transit and if so, correlate the amount of the recovered probiotic strain with the host's own enterococci. The second aim was to investigate if simultaneous vancomycin intake influenced the survival and persistence of the probiotic strain and the stability of endogenous...
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