The Influence of Probiotics on Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus

The Influence of Probiotics on Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus

Drinking probiotics in a the form of a yogurt drink will restore normal gastrointestinal (GI) bacteria in patients whose colon are colonized with vancomycin-resistant enterococcus (VRE).

Inclusion Criteria:

• VRE positive patients with GI colonization

Exclusion Criteria:

• Age less than 18 years
• Patients who have had a bone marrow transplant
• Extreme short bowel patients (less than 100 cm small bowel remaining)
• Patients with active VRE infection but no GI colonization
• Patients unable to eat and have no feeding access
• Patients who do not have a power of attorney to give consent if they are unable to