Probiotics and intestinal colonization by vancomycin-resistant enterococci in mice and humans.

ABSTRACT: 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.

SUBMITTER: Vidal M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2897524 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature