Role of probiotics VSL#3 in prevention of suspected sepsis in low birthweight infants in India: A randomised controlled trial

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Sinha, Anju ^a   Gupta, Subodh S ^b   Chellani, Harish ^c   Maliye, Chetna ^b   Kumari, Vidya ^c   Arya, Sugandha ^c   Garg, B S ^b   Gaur, Sunita Dixit ^d   Gaind, Rajni ^c   Deotale, Vijayshri ^b   Taywade, Manish ^b   Prasad, M S ^c   Thavraj, Vasantha ^a   Mukherjee, Ajit ^a   Roy, Malabika ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b MAHATMA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL   (India)

^d District Hospital Wardha   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; VSL3; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN SEPSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CLASSIFICATION; FECES; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; PROBIOTICS; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84937200479     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006564     Document Type: Article

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