Effects of probiotics on enteric flora and feeding tolerance in preterm infants

Neonatology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 174-179

  Lee, Soo Jeong ^a   Cho, Su Jin ^a   Park, Eun Ae ^a  

^a Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Feeding tolerance; Lactobacillus acidophilus; Premature infants; Probiotics

Indexed keywords

AGAR; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CATALASE; GLUCOSE; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ANAEROBIC CELL CULTURE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BREAST MILK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEEDING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FERMENTATION TECHNIQUE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECONIUM; NECROTIZING ENTERITIS; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPPLEMENTATION;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; MALE; MILK, HUMAN; PROBIOTICS;

LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS;

EID: 33947607555     PISSN: 16617800     EISSN: 16617819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000097449     Document Type: Article

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