Use of Lactobacillus to prevent infection by pathogenic bacteria

Probiotics in primary prevention of atopic disease: a randomised placebo-controlled trial

2001 • 2,461 citations

Oral bacteriotherapy as maintenance treatment in patients with chronic pouchitis: A double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

2000 • 1,505 citations

Developmental microbial ecology of the neonatal gastrointestinal tract

1999 • 1,344 citations

Virulence factors in Escherichia coli urinary tract infection

1991 • 1,229 citations

Enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) Transfers Its Receptor for Intimate Adherence into Mammalian Cells

1997 • 1,168 citations

A Controlled Trial of Intravaginal Estriol in Postmenopausal Women with Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections

1993 • 904 citations

Probiotics inhibit enteropathogenicE. coliadherence in vitro by inducing intestinal mucin gene expression

1999 • 820 citations

Effect of long term consumption of probiotic milk on infections in children attending day care centres: double blind, randomised

2001 • 635 citations

Bad bugs and beleaguered bladders: Interplay between uropathogenicEscherichia coliand innate host defenses

2000 • 463 citations

Oral probiotics can resolve urogenital infections

2001 • 452 citations

Efficacy of Lactobacillus GG in prevention of nosocomial diarrhea in infants

2001 • 428 citations

Control of the Microbial Flora of the Vagina by H202-Generating Lactobacilli

1991 • 425 citations

Probiotic Immunomodulation in Health and Disease

2000 • 378 citations

Preventive Effect of a Lactobacillus casei Preparation on the Recurrence of Superficial Bladder Cancer in a Double-Blind Trial

1995 • 371 citations

Acid Production by Vaginal Flora In Vitro Is Consistent with the Rate and Extent of Vaginal Acidification

1999 • 343 citations

Translocated EspF protein from enteropathogenic Escherichia coli disrupts host intestinal barrier function

2001 • 329 citations

Bacteriotherapy with Lactobacillus reuteri in rotavirus gastroenteritis

1997 • 323 citations

Probiotic agents to protect the urogenital tract against infection

2001 • 266 citations

Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli dephosphorylates and dissociates occludin from intestinal epithelial tight junctions

2000 • 253 citations

Examination of Strains of Lactobacilli for Properties that May Influence Bacterial Interference in the Urinary Tract

1987 • 251 citations

Interference in Initial Adhesion of Uropathogenic Bacteria and Yeasts to Silicone Rubber by A Lactobacillus Acidophilus Biosurfactant

1998 • 205 citations

Probiotics and Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Is There a Scientific Rationale?

2000 • 204 citations

Characterization of pentocin TV35b, a bacteriocin-like peptide isolated from Lactobacillus pentosus with a fungistatic effect on Candida albicans

1999 • 203 citations

Adherence of Probiotic Bacteria to Human Intestinal Mucus in Healthy Infants and during Rotavirus Infection

2001 • 199 citations

Bacterial vaginosis: a public health review

2001 • 198 citations

SifA permits survival and replication of Salmonella typhimurium in murine macrophages

2001 • 189 citations

Vaginal clindamycin in preventing preterm birth and peripartal infections in asymptomatic women with bacterial vaginosis: a randomized, controlled trial*1

2001 • 185 citations

Immunomodulation by treatment with Lactobacillus casei strain Shirota

1998 • 179 citations

Recruitment of Cytoskeletal and Signaling Proteins to Enteropathogenic and Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli Pedestals

2001 • 167 citations

Lactobacillus johnsonii La1 shares carbohydrate-binding specificities with several enteropathogenic bacteria

2000 • 163 citations

URINARY TRACT INFECTION PROPHYLAXIS USING ESCHERICHIA COLI 83972 IN SPINAL CORD INJURED PATIENTS

2000 • 148 citations

Detection of a lactobacillus substance that inhibits Escherichia coli

1988 • 147 citations

Effect on the human normal microflora of oral antibiotics for treatment of urinary tract infections

2000 • 142 citations

Protective Effect ofLactobacillus caseiStrain Shirota on Shiga Toxin-ProducingEscherichia coliO157:H7 Infection in Infant Rabbits

2001 • 141 citations

Interactions Mediating Bacterial Translocation in the Immature Intestine

2000 • 138 citations

Normal flora: diversity and functions

2000 • 137 citations

Treatment of Bacterial Vaginosis with Lactobacilli

1992 • 137 citations

Hydrogen Peroxide Production by Lactobacillus Species: Correlation with Susceptibility to the Spermicidal Compound Nonoxynol-9

1992 • 118 citations

Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) attachment to epithelial cells: exploiting the host cell cytoskeleton from the outside

2000 • 113 citations

Effects of Clostridium difficile Toxins on Epithelial Cell Barrier

2000 • 104 citations

Probiotics: future directions

2001 • 99 citations

Effect on Urogenital Flora of Antibiotic Therapy for Urinary Tract Infection

1990 • 96 citations

Therapy of bacterial vaginosis using exogenously-applied Lactobacilli acidophili and a low dose of estriol: a placebo-controlled multicentric clinical trial.

1996 • 96 citations

Elimination of vaginal colonization with Escherichia coli by administration of indigenous flora

1989 • 86 citations

Bacterial vaginosis: a public health review

2001 • 86 citations

The role of iron in infection

1995 • 79 citations

Impairment of the Mucosal Immune System: IgA and IgM Cleavage Detected in Vaginal Washings of a Subgroup of Patients with Bacterial Vaginosis

1998 • 78 citations

Polarized Entry of Uropathogenic Afa/Dr Diffusely AdheringEscherichia coliStrain IH11128 into Human Epithelial Cells: Evidence for α₅β₁Integrin Recognition and Subsequent Internalization through a Pathway Involving Caveolae and Dynamic Unstable Microtubules

2001 • 77 citations

ACandida albicansmetallopeptidase degrades constitutive proteins of extracellular matrix

1999 • 58 citations

Pore‐forming and haemolytic properties of the Gardnerella vaginalis cytoiysin

1993 • 58 citations

A Viral Enterotoxin

1999 • 50 citations

Differences in the acid-labile component of Candida albicans mannan from hydrophobic and hydrophilic yeast cells

1999 • 47 citations

Pathogenic diversity of Escherichia coli and the emergence of 'exotic' islands in the gene stream.

1999 • 46 citations

Lactobacilli and Vaginal Host Defense: Activation of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Long Terminal Repeat, Cytokine Production, and NF‐κB

1999 • 45 citations

Inhibition of bacterial pathogens by lactobacilli

1998 • 40 citations

P fimbriae and aerobactin as intestinal colonization factors for Escherichia coli in Pakistani infants

2001 • 38 citations

Lactobacillus acidophilus and Yogurt in the Prevention and Therapy of Bacterial Vaginosis

1998 • 36 citations

Probiotics in pediatric gastrointestinal disorders

2000 • 34 citations

Haemagglutination and glycolipid‐binding activities of Lactobacillus reuteri

1998 • 28 citations

The Expression of the Pathogenic Yeast Candida albicans Catalase Gene in Response to Hydrogen Peroxide

1999 • 25 citations

Probiotics in the treatment of diarrheal diseases

2000 • 24 citations

Bacterial vaginosis: a public health problem for women.

2000 • 20 citations

Nutrient uptake byCandida albicans: the influence of cell surface mannoproteins

1999 • 15 citations

Bacterial vaginosis: a threat to reproductive health? Historical perspectives, current knowledge, controversies and research demands

2000 • 15 citations

Interference in Initial Adhesion of Uropathogenic Bacteria and Yeasts to Silicone Rubber by a Lactobacillus Acidophilus Biosurfactant

1999 • 9 citations

Rotavirus vaccines: Current controversies and future directions

2000 • 9 citations

[Vaccination against nonspecific bacterial vaginosis. Double-blind study of Gynatren].

1991 • 7 citations

Impfung gegen nichtspezifische bakterielle Vaginose. Doppelblinduntersuchung von Gynatren®

1991 • 7 citations

[The range of antagonistic effects of Lactobacillus bacterial strains on etiologic agents of bacterial vaginosis].

1999 • 2 citations

Do vaginal lactobacilli prevent preterm labour?

1997 • 1 citations