Digestion & GI health

Probiotics — References & further reading

References

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² Wikipedia: Gut flora. URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gut_flora (accessed 04.17.2006).

³ Bruttin, A., & Brüssow, H. 2005. Human volunteers receiving Escherichia coli phage T4 orally: A safety test of phage therapy. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 49 (7), 2874–2878. URL: http://aac.asm.org/cgi/content/full/49/7/2874 (accessed 04.17.2006)

See also: Sullivan, J. 1994–2006. Cells Alive: Bacteriophage: When E. coli has a virus. URL: http://www.cellsalive.com/phage.htm (accessed 04.17.2006).

⁴ Spinney, L. 2007. Bugs R Us. New Scientist, 195, 2617, 34–38. URL (paid access): http://www.newscientist.com/channel/health/mg19526171.300-the-microbes-living-inside-us.html (accessed 08.18.2007).

Carmichael, M. 01/23/2006. Gut Flora? Great! Maintaining a balance of microorganisms can help strengthen your overall health. Newsweek. URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10854744/site/newsweek/ (accessed 04.17.2006).

⁵ Meyer, A., et al. 2006. Daily intake of probiotic as well as conventional yogurt has a stimulating effect on cellular immunity in young healthy women. Ann. Nutr. Metab., 50 (3), 282–289. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=16508257 (accessed 04.17.2006).

⁶ Frankenfeld, C., et al. 2006. Postmenopausal bone mineral density in relation to soy isoflavone-metabolizing phenotypes. Maturitas, 53 (3), 315–324. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=PubMed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=16019168 (accessed 04.17.2006).

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Phillips, M. 2005. Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center: Bacteria and your bones: Johanna Lampe’s lab finds intestinal bacteria influence bone mineral density, may relate to breast-cancer risk. URL: http://www.fhcrc.org/about/pubs/center_news/2005/oct20/sart2.html (accessed 04.17.2006).

⁷ Falagas, M., et al. 2006. Probiotics for prevention of recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis: A review. J. Antimicrob. Chemother., 58 (2), 266–272. URL (full text): http://jac.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/58/2/266 (accessed 10.31.2007).

van Kessel, K., et al. 2003. Common complementary and alternative therapies for yeast vaginitis and bacterial vaginosis: A systematic review. Obstet. Gynecol. Surv., 58 (5), 351–358. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=12719677 (accessed 10.03.2007).

Williams, A., et al. 2001. Evaluation of two self-care treatments for prevention of vaginal candidiasis in women with HIV. J. Assoc. Nurses AIDS Care, 12 (4), 51–57. URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=11486720 (accessed 10.04.2007).

Neri, A., et al. 1993. Bacterial vaginosis in pregnancy treated with yoghurt. Acta Obstet. Gynecol. Scand., 72 (1), 17–19. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=8382424 (accessed 10.03.2007).

Neri, A., et al. 1994. Bacterial vaginosis: Drugs versus alternative treatment. Obstet. Gynecol. Surv., 49 (12), 809–813. URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=7885656 (accessed 10.03.2007).

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Vickery, L. 1993. Infections and insurrection: Women treating yeast. FWHC. URL: http://www.fwhc.org/health/yeast.htm (accessed 10.03.2007).

⁹ Czerucka, D., et al. 2007. Review article: Yeast as probiotics — Saccharomyces boulardii. Aliment. Pharmcol. Ther. 26 (6), 767–778. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=17767461 (accessed 10.02.2007).

Katz, J. 2006. Probiotics for the prevention of antibiotic-associated diarrhea and Clostridium difficile diarrhea. J. Clin. Gastroenterol., 40(3), 249–255. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=16633131 (accessed 10.02.2007).

McFarland, L. 2006. Meta-analysis of probiotics for the prevention of antibiotic associated diarrhea and the treatment of Clostridium difficile disease. Am. J. Gastroenterol., 101 (4), 812–822. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=16635227 (accessed 10.02.2007).

Szajewska, H., et al. 2006. Probiotics in the prevention of antibiotic-associated diarrhea in children: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. J. Pediatr., 149 (3), 367–372. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=16939749 (accessed 10.02.2007).

¹⁰ Bekkali, N., et al. 2007. The role of a probiotics mixture in the treatment of childhood constipation: A pilot study. Nutr. J., 6 (1), 17. URL (link to full-text PDF): http://www.nutritionj.com/content/6/1/17 (accessed 10.08.2007).

Bu, L., et al. 2007. Lactobacillus casei rhamnosus Lcr35 in children with chronic constipation. Pediatr. Int., 49 (4), 485–490. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=PubMed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=17587273(accessed 10.31.2007).

Youssef, N. 2007. Childhood and adolescent constipation: Review and advances in management. Curr. Treat. Options Gastroenterol., 10 (5), 401–411. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=PubMed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=17897578 (accessed 10.31.2007).

Ouwehand, A., et al. 2002. Effect of probiotics on constipation, fecal azoreductase activity and fecal mucin content in the elderly. Ann. Nutr. Metab., 46 (3–4), 159–162. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=PubMed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=12169860

¹¹ McFarland, L. 2007. Meta-analysis of probiotics for the prevention of traveler’s diarrhea. Travel Med. Infect. Dis., 5 (2), 97–105. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=17298915 (accessed 10.02.2007).

¹² Abrams, S., et al. 2005. A combination of prebiotic short- and long-chain inulin-type fructans enhances calcium absorption and bone mineralization in young adolescents. Am. J. Clin. Nutr., 82 (2): 471–476. URL (full text): http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/82/2/471 (accessed 10.31.2007).

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Gibson, G., & Roberfroid, M. 1995. Dietary modulation of the human colonic microbiota: Introducing the concept of prebiotics. J. Nutr., 125, 1401–1412. URL (full text): http://jn.nutrition.org/cgi/reprint/125/6/1401 (accessed 10.31.2007).

¹³ Coudray, C., et al. 2003. Effects of dietary fibers on magnesium absorption in animals and humans. J. Nutr., 133 (1), 1–4. URL (full text): http://jn.nutrition.org/cgi/content/full/133/1/1 (accessed 10.31.2007).