Probiotics and Risk of Death, Necrotizing Enterocolitis, and Sepsis in Very Preterm Infants

This cohort study of very preterm infants found that implementation of a multistrain probiotic was associated with a significant reduction in death and/or NEC, which may help inform shared decision-making between clinicians and families. These results should not be generalized to extremely preterm infants (<28 weeks’ gestation).

Corresponding Author: Ayoub Mitha, MD, PhD, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden (ayoub.mitha@ki.se).

Link to the article in your story

We encourage you to link out to this article in your story using the link below. It includes an access token that will give free access to the article for your readers up to one year after publication. (The link will be live after the article publishes and embargo is lifted.)

Please see the article for additional information, including full author list, author contributions and affiliations, conflict of interest and financial disclosures, and funding and support.

Need more information? Contact us.