Bifidobacteria prevents preterm infants from developing infection and sepsis

International Journal of Probiotics and Prebiotics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-36

  Hikaru, Umezaki ^a   Koichi, Shinohara ^b   Yayoi, Satoh ^b   Hiromichi, Shoji ^b   Hiroaki, Satoh ^a   Yoshikazu, Ohtsuka ^b   Seigo, Shiga ^a   Nagata, Satoru ^c   Toshiaki, Shimizu ^b   Yamashiro, Yuichiro ^c  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SHIZUOKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine ^*  (Japan)

^c JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bifidobacterium breve; Infection; Low birth weight infants; Necrotizing enterocolitis; Probiotics

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; M 16 V; PROBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BIFIDOBACTERIACEAE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BREVE; BLOOD CULTURE; BREAST MILK; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENTERIC FEEDING; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PREMATURITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 77958530197     PISSN: 15551431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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