Changes of intestinal microbiota composition and diversity in very low birth weight infants related to strategies of NEC prophylaxis: protocol for an observational multicentre pilot study

Changes of intestinal microbiota composition and diversity in very low birth weight infants related to strategies of NEC prophylaxis: protocol for an observational multicentre pilot study

Abstract Background At the Division of Neonatology, Department of Paediatrics, Medical University Graz, a unique regimen of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) prophylaxis in preterm infants showing a < 1500 g birth weight (i.e. very low birth weight, VLBW) is used. The regimen includes oral antibiot...

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Main Authors: Stefan Kurath-Koller, Christine Moissl-Eichinger, Gregor Gorkiewicz, Raimund Kraschl, Claudia Kanduth, Barbara Hopfer, Berndt Urlesberger, Bernhard Resch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-11-01
Series:Pilot and Feasibility Studies
Subjects:
Preterm neonate
Microbiome
Necrotising enterocolitis
Microbiomics
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40814-017-0195-y

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