Not all probiotic strains prevent necrotising enterocolitis in premature infants

The Lancet

Volumn 387, Issue 10019, 2016, Pages 624-625

  Abrahamsson, Thomas R ^a,b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANIMALIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BREVE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM INFANTIS; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEEDING DISORDER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT MORTALITY; INFECTION; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MUCORMYCOSIS; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN PERIOD; NOTE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MALE;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MALE; PROBIOTICS; SEPSIS;

EID: 84957851562     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)01090-9     Document Type: Note

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