Lactobacillus Sepsis and Probiotic Therapy in Newborns: Two New Cases and Literature Review

AJP Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2015, Pages e25-e29

  Dani, Carlo ^a   Coviello, Caterina ^a   Corsini, Iuri ^a   Arena, Fabio ^b   Antonelli, Alberto ^c   Rossolini, Gian Maria ^a  

^a CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

infant; infection; lactobacillus; probiotics; sepsis

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CLINDAMYCIN; DAPTOMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LINEZOLID; MEROPENEM; PENICILLIN G; PROBIOTIC AGENT; PROCALCITONIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APNEA; CASE REPORT; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEDLINE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NEWBORN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; SEPSIS; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

EID: 84994644898     PISSN: 21576998     EISSN: 21577005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1566312     Document Type: Review

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