Lactobacillus acidophilus/Bifidobacterium infantis probiotics are associated with increased growth of VLBWI among those exposed to antibiotics

Lactobacillus acidophilus/Bifidobacterium infantis probiotics are associated with increased growth of VLBWI among those exposed to antibiotics

Abstract We performed an observational study with very-low-birth weight infants (VLBWI) ≤33 weeks of gestation born in centers of the German Neonatal Network (GNN; (total n = 8534, n = 6229 received probiotics). The primary objectives of our study were (a) to assess the effect of Lactobacillus acido...

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Main Authors: Christoph Härtel, Julia Pagel, Juliane Spiegler, Janne Buma, Philipp Henneke, Michael Zemlin, Dorothee Viemann, Christian Gille, Stephan Gehring, David Frommhold, Jan Rupp, Egbert Herting, Wolfgang Göpel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-06161-8

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