Bifidobacterium longum Bacteremia in Preterm Infants Receiving Probiotics
Bertelli, Claire ; Pillonel, Trestan ; Torregrossa, Anaïs ; Prod'hom, Guy ; Fischer, Céline Julie ; Greub, Gilbert ; Giannoni, Eric
In: Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2015, vol. 60, no. 6, p. 924-927
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- 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