Bifidobacterium infantis VPro 53 and Prevention of Necrotising Enterocolitis

• Bifidobacterium longum bacteremia in preterm infants receiving probiotics.

  • 2014-12-03
  • Case Report · n = 2
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases 60(6)
  • • C. Bertelli
    • T. Pillonel
    • Anaïs Torregrossa
    • G. Prod'Hom
    • C. Fischer
    • Gilbert GREUB
    • E. Giannoni

  • PubMed: 25472946
  • DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciu946

  6 Insights on

  • Prevention of Necrotising Enterocolitis

  • Low evidence
  • Highly Cited

  Administration of probiotics to premature newborns has been shown to prevent necrotizing enterocolitis and reduce all-cause mortality.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate