Clinical experience of Streptococcus salivarius K12 use for the prevention of pharyngotonsillitis and respiratory infections in children

Background. Streptococcus salivarius K12 (SsK12) is an oral colonizing, persistent, antibiotic-sensitive and safe strain that produces two megaplasmid-encoded class I lantibiotics, namely salivaricin A2 and salivaricin B, which expression inhibits the growth of Streptococcus pyogenes involved in the...

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Main Authors: T.O. Kryuchko, O.Ya. Tkachenko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Publishing House Zaslavsky 2018-10-01
Series:Zdorovʹe Rebenka
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Online Access:http://childshealth.zaslavsky.com.ua/article/view/148915