Efficacy of Bifidobacterium longum alone or in multi-strain probiotic formulations during early life and beyond

S Mills, B Yang, GJ Smith, C Stanton, RP Ross - Gut Microbes, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The significance of Bifidobacterium to human health can be appreciated from its early
colonization of the neonatal gut, where Bifidobacterium longum represents the most …

Probiotics and necrotizing enterocolitis

RM Patel, MA Underwood - Seminars in pediatric surgery, 2018 - Elsevier
In this review, we summarize existing knowledge regarding the effects of probiotics on
necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). We review the role of the microbiome in NEC and pre …

Necrotizing enterocolitis, gut microbes, and sepsis

JW Duess, ME Sampah, CM Lopez, K Tsuboi… - Gut …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a devastating disease in premature infants and the
leading cause of death and disability from gastrointestinal disease in this vulnerable …

Temporal bacterial and metabolic development of the preterm gut reveals specific signatures in health and disease

CJ Stewart, ND Embleton, ECL Marrs, DP Smith… - Microbiome, 2016 - Springer
Background The preterm microbiome is crucial to gut health and may contribute to
necrotising enterocolitis (NEC), which represents the most significant pathology affecting …

A comprehensive review on infant formula: Nutritional and functional constituents, recent trends in processing and its impact on infants' gut microbiota

S Bakshi, VK Paswan, SP Yadav, BK Bhinchhar… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Human milk is considered the most valuable form of nutrition for infants for their growth,
development and function. So far, there are still some cases where feeding human milk is …

Strain-specific impacts of probiotics are a significant driver of gut microbiome development in very preterm infants

LC Beck, AC Masi, GR Young, T Vatanen… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The development of the gut microbiome from birth plays important roles in short-and long-
term health, but factors influencing preterm gut microbiome development are poorly …

Necrotizing enterocolitis: the role of hypoxia, gut microbiome, and microbial metabolites

A Kaplina, S Kononova, E Zaikova, T Pervunina… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a life-threatening disease that predominantly affects very
low birth weight preterm infants. Development of NEC in preterm infants is accompanied by …

Unraveling the microbiome of necrotizing enterocolitis: insights in novel microbial and metabolomic biomarkers

C Tarracchini, C Milani, G Longhi, F Fontana… - Microbiology …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is among the most relevant gastrointestinal diseases
affecting mostly prematurely born infants with low birth weight. While intestinal dysbiosis has …

Antibiotic therapy in neonates and impact on gut microbiota and antibiotic resistance development: a systematic review

JW Fjalstad, E Esaiassen, LK Juvet… - Journal of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Objectives To systematically review the impact of antibiotic therapy in the neonatal period on
changes in the gut microbiota and/or antibiotic resistance development. Methods Data …

Human milk is the feeding strategy to prevent necrotizing enterocolitis!

D Maffei, RJ Schanler - Seminars in perinatology, 2017 - Elsevier
Human milk is the preferred diet for preterm infants as it protects against a multitude of NICU
challenges, specifically necrotizing enterocolitis. Infants who receive greater than 50% of …