Xylitol-supplemented nutrition enhances bacterial killing and prolongs survival of rats in experimental pneumococcal sepsis

BACKGROUND: Xylitol has antiadhesive effects on Streptococcus pneumoniae and inhibits its growth, and has also been found to be effective in preventing acute otitis media and has been used in intensive care as a valuable source of energy. RESULTS: We evaluated the oxidative burst of neutrophils in r...

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Autores principales: Renko, Marjo, Valkonen, Päivi, Tapiainen, Terhi, Kontiokari, Tero, Mattila, Pauli, Knuuttila, Matti, Svanberg, Martti, Leinonen, Maija, Karttunen, Riitta, Uhari, Matti
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2294124/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18334022
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-8-45

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2294124/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18334022
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-8-45

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