Dual-strain probiotics reduce NEC, mortality and neonatal bloodstream infections among extremely low birthweight infants

Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2017 Nov;102(6):F559-F560. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2017-313897. Epub 2017 Sep 18.
No abstract available

Keywords: bloodstream infection; elbw; nec; probiotics.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Enterocolitis, Necrotizing / drug therapy*
  • Enterocolitis, Necrotizing / prevention & control*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Extremely Low Birth Weight / physiology*
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Infant, Very Low Birth Weight
  • Probiotics / therapeutic use*
  • Protective Agents / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Protective Agents