| Literature DB >> 25472946 |
Claire Bertelli1, Trestan Pillonel1, Anaïs Torregrossa2, Guy Prod'hom3, Céline Julie Fischer2, Gilbert Greub4, Eric Giannoni2.
Abstract
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.Entities:
Keywords: Bifidobacterium; genome sequence; newborn; probiotics; sepsis
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Year: 2014 PMID: 25472946 DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciu946
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Infect Dis ISSN: 1058-4838 Impact factor: 9.079