Intestinal microbiota in neonates and preterm infants: A review

Current Pediatric Reviews

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-34

  de La Cochetière, Marie France ^a   Rougé, Carole ^a   Darmaun, Dominique ^b   Rozé, Jean Christophe ^b   Potel, Gilles ^a   Leguen, Christele Gras ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b Universite de Nantes   (France)

Author keywords

Colonization; Microbiota; Neonatal gastrointestinal tract

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLINDAMYCIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GLUTAMINE; LACTOFERRIN; PREBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT; RECOMBINANT LACTOFERRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN; ZINC;

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BREAST MILK; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DIETARY INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENOMICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; INFANT NUTRITION; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS; METABOLIC REGULATION; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 33847273012     PISSN: 15733963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157339607779941697     Document Type: Review

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