The effect of glutamine-enriched enteral nutrition on intestinal microflora in very low birth weight infants: A randomized controlled trial

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 430-439

  van den Berg, Anemone ^a   van Elburg, Ruurd M ^a   Westerbeek, Elisabeth A M ^a   van der Linde, Esmeralda G M ^b   Knol, J ^b   Twisk, Jos W R ^c   Fetter, Willem P F ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NUMICO RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Enteral nutrition; Faecal flora; Fluorescent in situ hybridization; Glutamine; Randomized controlled trial; Very low birth weight infant

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GLUTAMINE; PLACEBO;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOSTRIDIUM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENTERIC FEEDING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES MICROFLORA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOCOCCUS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STREPTOCOCCUS; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENTERAL NUTRITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; FEMALE; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTESTINES; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34447627676     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2007.03.002     Document Type: Article

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