Comparison of formula-fed infants with and without colic revealed significant differences in total bacteria, Enterobacteriaceae and faecal ammonia

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 573-578

  Savino, Francesco ^a   Quartieri, Andrea ^b   De Marco, Angela ^a   Garro, Maria ^a   Amaretti, Alberto ^b   Raimondi, Stefano ^b   Simone, Marta ^b   Rossi, Maddalena ^b  

^a CITTÀ DELLA SALUTE E DELLA SCIENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Faecal ammonia; Fluorescent in situ hybridisation; Formula fed infants; Infantile colic; Microbiome

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; LACTIC ACID;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BIFIDOBACTERIACEAE; BOTTLE FEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FECAL COLIFORM; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES LEVEL; FECES MICROFLORA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTILE COLIC; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; MALE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLIC; FECES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN;

AMMONIA; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLIC; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LACTIC ACID; MALE;

EID: 85000702155     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apa.13642     Document Type: Article

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