Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BB-12 in reducing the risk of infections in infancy

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 409-416

  Taipale, Teemu ^a   Pienihkkinen, Kaisu ^b   Isolauri, Erika ^c   Larsen, Charlotte ^d   Brockmann, Elke ^d   Alanen, Pentti ^b   Jokela, Jorma ^a   Söderling, Eva ^b  

^a Korpilahti Muurame Health Care Center   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d CHR HANSEN A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bifidobacterium; Infants; Infections; Pacifiers; Probiotics

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PLACEBO; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANIMALIS; BREAST FEEDING; DIETARY INTAKE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PACIFIER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK REDUCTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TABLET;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BREAST FEEDING; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; OTITIS MEDIA; PACIFIERS; PROBIOTICS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANIMALIS SUBSP. LACTIS;

EID: 79951670849     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114510003685     Document Type: Article

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