title: Probiotic prophylaxis to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in children on mechanical ventilation: an open-label randomized controlled trial--response to comments by Saptharishi et al.
authors.affiliation: , Pondicherry, India, drnbiswal@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Niranjan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Biswal
authors.forename: Parameswaran
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Narayanan
authors.forename: Rangan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Srinivasaraghavan
authors.forename: Balasubramaniam
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Banupriya
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D053717:Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated / Q000517:prevention & control*; D019936:Probiotics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects*