Restoring the Microbiome in Critically Ill Patients: Are Probiotics Our True Friends When We Are Seriously Ill?

JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2017 May;41(4):530-533. doi: 10.1177/0148607117700572. Epub 2017 Mar 10.
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Keywords: critically ill; dysbiosis; infections; microbioma; probiotics; synbiotics; ventilator associated pneumonia.

MeSH terms

  • Clostridioides difficile / pathogenicity
  • Critical Illness / therapy*
  • Cross Infection / therapy
  • Diarrhea / prevention & control
  • Dysbiosis / diagnosis
  • Dysbiosis / therapy
  • Feces / microbiology
  • Gastrointestinal Microbiome*
  • Humans
  • Intensive Care Units
  • Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus
  • Lactobacillus plantarum
  • Probiotics / administration & dosage*
  • Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
  • Synbiotics / administration & dosage