Current use of probiotics to prevent necrotising enterocolitis

Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2019 Mar;104(2):F228. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2018-316199. Epub 2018 Nov 21.

Authors

Samuel David Duffield¹, Paul Clarke^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Neonatal Unit, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Norwich, UK.
² Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.

PMID: 30464004
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2018-316199

No abstract available

Keywords: NEC; microbiome; preterm; very low birth weight.

MeSH terms

Bifidobacterium breve
Enterocolitis, Necrotizing / prevention & control*
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Very Low Birth Weight
Intensive Care, Neonatal / statistics & numerical data
Lactobacillus acidophilus
Probiotics / therapeutic use*
United Kingdom