Probiotics to prevent necrotising enterocolitis and nosocomial infection in very low birth weight preterm infants

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 117, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 994-1000

  Uberos, J ^a,b   Aguilera Rodriguez E ^b   Jerez Calero, A ^b   Molina Oya, M ^b   Molina Carballo, A ^a,b   Narbona Lopez E ^a  

^a Departments of Dermatology and Pathology   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SAN CECILIO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Lactobacillus acidophillus; Lactobacillus bifidum; Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG; Late onset sepsis; Necrotising enterocolitis; Probiotics; Very low birth weight infants

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BIFIDUM; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PREMATURITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; SEPSIS; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT NUTRITION; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS BREVIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMATURE BIRTH; RISK; SPAIN;

COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS BREVIS; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROBIOTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SEPSIS; SPAIN;

EID: 85018318648     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114517000769     Document Type: Article

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