Tolerance and safety of Lactobacillus paracasei ssp. paracasei in combination with Bifidobacterium animalis ssp. lactis in a prebiotic-containing infant formula: A randomised controlled trial

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 869-875

  Vlieger, Arine M ^a   Robroch, Afke ^a   Van Buuren, Stef ^b,c   Kiers, Jeroen ^d,e   Rijkers, Ger ^a   Benninga, Marc A ^f   Te Biesebeke, Rob ^d  

^a ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Global Development Centre   (Netherlands)

^e NIZO FOOD RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^f ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gut health; Infant formula; Infant health and growth; Prebiotics; Probiotics

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PREBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANIMALIS; BODY HEIGHT; BOTTLE FEEDING; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLIC; CONSTIPATION; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYING; DIARRHEA; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS PARACASEI; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; SLEEP TIME; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VOMITING; WEIGHT GAIN; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; DEFECATION; FECES; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH; LACTOBACILLUS; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANIMALIS; LACTOBACILLUS PARACASEI;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BOTTLE FEEDING; DEFECATION; FECES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GROWTH; HUMANS; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, NEWBORN; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; PROBIOTICS;

EID: 70449706052     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114509289069     Document Type: Article

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