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SUBMITTER: Vidal M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2897524 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of clinical microbiology 20100426 7
We investigated the impact of probiotics on the intestinal carriage of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE). Administration of Lactobacillus rhamnosus Lcr35 but not Escherichia coli Nissle reduced, although not significantly, the density of VRE colonization in a murine model. No effect of Lcr35 was observed in a double-blind placebo randomized study, involving nine patients. ...[more]