The effect of bifidobacterium lactis on the growth of infants: A pooled analysis of randomized controlled studies

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 334-340

  Steenhout, Philippe G ^a   Rochat, Florence ^a   Hager, Corinne ^a  

^a NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bifidobacterium lactis; Body mass index; Breastfeeding; Infant formula; Probiotics; Weight; Z scores

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANIMALIS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; GROWTH STIMULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOTHERS; PROBIOTICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; WEIGHT GAIN;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANIMALIS SUBSP. LACTIS;

EID: 70350048540     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000248992     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. WHO: Infant and young child nutrition resolution 54.2 of the World Health Assembly. Resolutions and Decisions of 54th World Health Assembly, 14-22 May 2001.
2. WHO: Global strategy for infant and young child feeding. Resolutions and Decisions of 54th World Health Assembly, 14-22 May 2001.
3. Kuan LW, Britto M, Decolongon J, Schoettker PJ, Atherton HD, Kotagal UR: Health system factors contributing to breastfeeding success. Pediatrics 1999; 104:e28.
4. Marchand L, Morrow MH: Infant feeding practices: understanding the decision-making process. Fam Med 1994; 26: 319-324.
5. Simopoulos AP, Grave GD: Factors associated with the choice and duration of infantfeeding practice. Pediatrics 1984; 74: 603-614.
6. Orne-Gliemann J, Mukotekwa T, Miller A, Perez F, Glenshaw M, Nesara P, Dabis F: Community-based assessment of infant feeding practices within a programme for prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission in rural Zimbabwe. Public Health Nutr 2006; 9: 563-569. (Pubitemid 46211765)
7. Riva E, Verduci E, Agostoni C, Giovannini M: Closer to the gold standard: an appraisal of formulae available in Italy for use in formula-fed infants. J Int Med Res 2005; 33: 595-611.
8. Bongaerts G, Severijnen R, Timmerman H: Effect of antibiotics, prebiotics and probiotics in treatment for hepatic encephalopathy. Med Hypotheses 2005; 64: 64-68.
9. Harmsen HJ, Wildeboer-Veloo AC, Raangs GC, Wagendorp AA, Klijn N, Bindels JG, Welling GW: Analysis of intestinal flora development in breast-fed and formula-fed infants by using molecular identification and detection methods. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2000; 30: 61-67.
10. Wharton BA, Balmer SE, Scott PH: Sorrento studies of diet and fecal flora in the newborn. Acta Paediatr Jpn 1994; 36: 579-584.
11. Balmer SE, Wharton BA: Diet and faecal flora in the newborn: breast milk and infant formula. Arch Dis Child 1989; 64:1672-1677.
12. Penders J, Vink C, Driessen C, London N, Thijs C, Stobberingh EE: Quantification of Bifidobacterium spp., Escherichia coli and Clostridium difficile in faecal samples of breast-fed and formula-fed infants by realtime PCR. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2005; 243: 141-147.
13. Szajewska H, Mrukowicz JZ: Probiotics in the treatment and prevention of acute infectious diarrhea in infants and children: a systematic review of published randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2001; 33(suppl 2): S17-S25.
14. Salminen S, Isolauri E: Intestinal colonization, microbiota, and probiotics. J Pediatr 2006; 149:S115-S120.
15. Vendt N, Grunberg H, Tuure T, Malminiemi O, Wuolijoki E, Tillmann V, Sepp E, Korpela R: Growth during the first 6 months of life in infants using formula enriched with Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG: double-blind, randomized trial. J Hum Nutr Diet 2006; 19: 51-58.
16. Stratiki Z, Costalos C, Sevastiadou S, Kastanidou O, Skouroliakou M, Giakoumatou A, Petrohilou V: The effect of a bifidobacter supplemented bovine milk on intestinal permeability of preterm infants. Early Hum Dev 2007; 83: 575-579.
17. Puccio G, Cajozzo C, Meli F, Rochat F, Grathwohl D, Steenhout P: Clinical evaluation of a new starter formula for infants containing live Bifidobacterium longum BL999 and prebiotics. Nutrition 2007; 23: 1-8.
18. Weizman Z, Alsheikh A: Safety and tolerance of a probiotic formula in early infancy comparing two probiotic agents: a pilot study. J Am Coll Nutr 2006; 25: 415-419.
19. Scientific Committee on Food: Report of the Scientific Committee on Food on the revision of essential requirements of infant formulae and follow-on formulae. Brussels, European Commission, 2003.
20. Sombie I, Nacro B, Tiendrebeogo S, Dao B, Cartoux M, Meda N, Ky-Zerbo O, Dabis F, Mandelbrot L, Van de Perre P: Maternal HIV infection and the anthropometric characteristics of children at birth in Burkina Faso. DITRAME Study Group (in French). Santé 1999; 9: 173-177.
21. Makasa M, Kasonka L, Chisenga M, Sinkala M, Chintu C, Filteau S: Early growth of infants of HIV-infected and uninfected Zambian women. Trop Med Intl Health 2007; 12: 594-602.
22. Kuhn L, Kasonde P, Sinkala M, Kankasa C, Semrau K, Scott N, Tsai WY, Vermund SH, Aldrovandi GM, Thea DM: Does severity of HIV disease in HIV-infected mothers affect mortality and morbidity among their uninfected infants? Clin Infect Dis 2005; 41: 1654-1661.
23. Urban MF, Bolton KD, Mokhachane M, Mphahlele RM, Bomela HN, Monaheng L, Beckh-Arnold E, Cooper PA: Growth of infants born to HIV-infected women when fed a biologically acidified starter formula with and without probiotics. S Afr J Clin Nutr 2008; 21: 28-32.
24. Velaphi SC, Cooper PA, Bolton KD, Mokhachane M, Mphahlele RM, Beckh-Arnold E, Monaheng L, Haschke-Becher E: Growth and metabolism of infants born to women infected with human immunodeficiency virus and fed acidified whey-adapted starter formulas. Nutrition 2008; 24: 203-211.
25. Gibson RA, Barclay D, Marshall H: Safety of supplementing infant formula with longchain polyunsaturated fatty acids and Bifidobacterium lactis in term infants: a randomised controlled trial. Br J Nutr 2009; 101: 1706-1713.
26. Rochat F, Brown C, Hager C, Puccio G, Fazzolari-Nesci A, Barclay D, Haschke F: Effect of a formula with adapted protein profile on intestinal microbiota and growth of infants. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2005; 41: 508.
27. Rochat F, Cherbut C, Barclay D: A whey-predominant formula induces fecal microbiota similar to that found in breast-fed infants. Nutr Res 2007; 27: 735-740.
28. Zeigler EE, Jeter JM, Drulis JM, Nelson SE, Haschke F, Steenhout P, Brown C, Maire JC, Hager C: Formula with reduced content of improved, partially hydrolzed protein and probiotics: infant growth and health. Monatsschr Kinderheilkd 2003; 151:S65-S71.
29. WHO Anthro 2005 software. www.who.int/ childgrowth/software/en (accessed September 8, 2009).