Bifidobacterium longum Bacteremia in Preterm Infants Receiving Probiotics.


Autoria(s): Bertelli C.; Pillonel T.; Torregrossa A.; Prod'hom G.; Fischer C.J.; Greub G.; Giannoni E.
Data(s)

2015

Resumo

Administration of probiotics to premature newborns has been shown to prevent necrotizing enterocolitis and reduce all-cause mortality. In our hospital, we documented 2 cases of Bifidobacterium longum subspecies infantis bacteremia in newborns receiving probiotics. By comparative genomics, we confirmed that the strains isolated from each patient originated from the probiotics.

Identificador

http://serval.unil.ch/?id=serval:BIB_95B630543959

isbn:1537-6591 (Electronic)

pmid:25472946

doi:10.1093/cid/ciu946

isiid:000351051600017

Idioma(s)

en

Fonte

Clinical Infectious Diseases, vol. 60, no. 6, pp. 924-927

Tipo

info:eu-repo/semantics/article

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