Probiotics and neonatal intestinal infection

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 277-282

  Hammerman, Cathy ^a,b   Kaplan, Michael ^a,c  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bifidobacteria; Lactobacillus; Necrotizing enterocolitis; Probiotics

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BIFIDUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM INFANTIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOSTRIDIUM; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTEROBACTER; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTESTINE CONTRACTION; KLEBSIELLA; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREMATURITY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; REVIEW; SAFETY; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION; INTESTINES; MALE; PREGNANCY; PROBIOTICS;

EID: 33646713413     PISSN: 09517375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.qco.0000224823.73223.29     Document Type: Review

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