Bacillus clausii SC-109 and Reduced Necrotising Enterocolitis

• Bifidobacterium infantis as a probiotic in preterm infants: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

  • 2023-07-17
  • Meta-Analysis · n = 14
  • Pediatric research 94(6)
  • • Vamsi K Batta
    • Shripada C Rao
    • Sanjay K Patole

  • PubMed: 37460707
  • DOI: 10.1038/s41390-023-02716-w

  3 Insights on

  • Reduced Necrotising Enterocolitis

  • High evidence

  The subgroup meta-analysis demonstrated greater reduction in the incidence of NEC in subgroup A than subgroup B [(relative risk in subgroup A: 0.38; 95% CI, 0.27-0.55) versus (0.67; 95% CI, 0.55-0.81) in subgroup B; p value for subgroup difference: 0.01].

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes