Gut microbiota of preterm infants supplemented with probiotics: Sub-study of the ProPrems trial

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Plummer, Erica L ^a,b   Bulach, Dieter M ^c,d   Murray, Gerald L ^a,b,c   Jacobs, Susan E ^a,b,d   Tabrizi, Sepehr N ^a,b,d   Garland, Suzanne M ^a,b,d  

^a ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gut microbiota; Necrotizing enterocolitis; Probiotics; Very preterm infants

Indexed keywords

ABC DOPHILUS PROBIOTIC POWDER; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANIMALIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE FLORA; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PREMATURITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS; ANALYSIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION RESPONSE;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM; COHORT STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, EXTREMELY PREMATURE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PROBIOTICS; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 85056490448     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12866-018-1326-1     Document Type: Article

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