Protective effect of dual-strain probiotics in preterm infants: A multi-center time series analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Denkel, Luisa A ^a   Schwab, Frank ^a   Garten, Lars ^a   Geffers, Christine ^a   Gastmeier, Petra ^a   Piening, Brar ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLORAN; PROBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PROTECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; GERMAN (CITIZEN); HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREMATURITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL;

CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTERRUPTED TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; MALE; PROBIOTICS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROTECTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 84976869643     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0158136     Document Type: Article

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