date:Sep 12, 2012
e probiotic prevented necrotizing enterocolitis in around 12% of high risk premature infants.
Prophylactic initiation of Lactobacillus reuteri as a probiotic for prevention of NEC resulted in statistically significant reduction in NEC, said Gal and his team.
Our results support that one NEC case is avoided for every eight cases given L. reuteri prophylaxis.
The team explained that the benefits of supplementation were especially focused on a subset of infants born under 1000 grams: These resul