The intestinal microbiome of infants and the use of probiotics

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 145-150

  Indrio, Flavia ^a   Neu, Josef ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

intestinal microbiota; intestinal mucosa neural microbiota interactions; microbial components effect on intestine

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

BACTERIAL STRAIN; CITROBACTER; COLIC; CONSTIPATION; ENTEROCOCCUS; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE MOTILITY; KLEBSIELLA; LACTOBACILLUS; LATE ONSET SEPSIS; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOBACTERIA; REVIEW; SEPSIS;

ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINES; METAGENOME; PROBIOTICS; SEPSIS;

EID: 79953848743     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0b013e3283444ccb     Document Type: Review

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