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Products from Intus Biosciences demonstrated high-resolution tracking of specific bacterial strains in a recent microbiome study, the results of which are being applied to better understand how pathogens and commensals become established in premature infants in neonatal intensive care units (NICU), with the goal of improving outcomes for premature infants. ...
Researchers publishing in the peer-review journal Frontiers in Pediatrics report that pre-term infants fed Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis (activated B. infantis EVC001) experienced significantly lower level of intestinal inflammation, 62% less diaper rash, and required 62% fewer antibiotics– all of which are critical health indicators in neonatal care. The study, ...
Its findings, which were based on data collected from 22 Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) across the country, have been published in Pediatrics, the official journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics. ...
Cinnaminson, NJ, August 8th, 2012 The Health Minister of the Bahamas recently ordered an investigation into an outbreak of a microbial pathogen at a neonatal intensive care unit. The outbreak, caused by a type of bacteria known as Acinetobacter baumannii, is believed to have sickened eight infants and caused two of the infants to die. Outbreaks of ...