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Preliminary pediatric clinical evaluation of the oral probiotic Streptococcus salivarius K12 in preventing recurrent pharyngitis and/or tonsillitis caused by Streptococcus pyogenes and recurrent acute otitis media

BACKGROUND: The oral probiotic Streptococcus salivarius K12 has been shown clearly to antagonize the growth of Streptococcus pyogenes, the most important bacterial cause of pharyngeal infections in humans, by releasing two bacteriocins named salivaricin A2 and salivaricin B. Unpublished observations...

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Autores principales: Di Pierro, Francesco, Donato, Guido, Fomia, Federico, Adami, Teresa, Careddu, Domenico, Cassandro, Claudia, Albera, Roberto
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3516470/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23233809
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S38859