Effects of bifidobacterium breve supplementation on intestinal flora of low birth weight infants

Pediatrics International

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 509-515

  Li, Yudong ^a   Shimizu, Toshiaki ^a   Hosaka, Atsuto ^a   Kaneko, Noritsugu ^a   Ohtsuka, Yoshikazu ^a   Yamashiro, Yuichiro ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Bifidobacterium breve; Intestinal flora; Low birth weight infant; Nectrotizing enterocolitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BREVE; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTESTINE FLORA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FECES; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 7044235786     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200x.2004.01953.x     Document Type: Article

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