Lactobacillus casei SD5213 and Reduced Incidence of Necrotizing Enterocolitis

• Influence of probiotic supplementation on the developing microbiota in human preterm neonates.

  • 2020-10-23
  • Observational
  • Gut microbes 12(1)
  • • Niels van Best
    • Sonja Trepels-Kottek
    • Paul Savelkoul
    • Thorsten Orlikowsky
    • Mathias W Hornef
    • John Penders

  • PubMed: 33095113
  • DOI: 10.1080/19490976.2020.1826747

  2 Insights on

  • Reduced Incidence of Necrotizing Enterocolitis

  • Low evidence

  A significantly reduced monthly incidence of NEC was observed in neonates supplemented with probiotics.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes