Probiotics for prevention of necrotizing enterocolitis and sepsis in preterm infants

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 256-261

  Embleton, Nicholas D ^a,b   Zalewski, Stefan ^a,b   Berrington, Janet E ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

necrotizing enterocolitis; preterm infant; probiotics; sepsis; systematic review

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

BREAST MILK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREMATURITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SEPSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; DIET THERAPY; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; NEWBORN;

ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; PROBIOTICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SEPSIS;

EID: 84961958961     PISSN: 09517375     EISSN: 14736527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QCO.0000000000000269     Document Type: Review

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