title: Oral probiotics reduce the incidence and severity of necrotizing enterocolitis in very low birth weight infants.
authors.affiliation: Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA.
authors.forename: Robert M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Kliegman
mesh_terms: D001644:Bifidobacterium; D020345:Enterocolitis, Necrotizing / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D019102:Infant, Very Low Birth Weight; D007779:Lactobacillus acidophilus; D019936:Probiotics / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index