Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938 in infantile colic: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

Pediatrics

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Savino, Francesco ^a   Cordisco, Lisa ^b   Tarasco, Valentina ^a   Palumeri, Elisabetta ^a   Calabrese, Roberto ^a   Oggero, Roberto ^a   Roos, Stefan ^c   Matteuzzi, Diego ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; FISH; Gut microflora; Infantile colic; Lactobacillus reuteri

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; PLACEBO; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BIFIDOBACTERIACEAE; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOSTRIDIUM BUTYRICUM; COLIC; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYING; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES MICROFLORA; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; INFANT; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; TREATMENT DURATION; VOMITING; WEIGHT GAIN; FECES; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

COLIC; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77956284323     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-0433     Document Type: Article

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