Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus Bacteremia among Infants Receiving Probiotics in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Abda, Assil; Sandoval, Alejandra; Paquette, Maude; Blackburn, Julie; Barrington, Keith J; Martin, Brigitte; Autmizguine, Julie · J Pediatr · 2025

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Abstract

Multistrain probiotic formulations have been used in infants born preterm for more than 10 years at our institution. Twelve cases of bacteremia with organisms found in multistrain probiotic formulations were identified out of 2109 exposed infants (0.6%), and no deaths were attributed to bacteremia.

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