Probiotics for preterm infants on the NICU

Paediatrics and Child Health (United Kingdom)

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 38-40

  Embleton, Nicholas D ^a   Skeath, Tom ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

BLOOD CULTURE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; DRUG EFFICACY; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; MORTALITY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PARENT; PREMATURITY; PROPHYLAXIS; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SEPTICEMIA; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84890148334     PISSN: 17517222     EISSN: 1878206X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paed.2013.07.003     Document Type: Review

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