Study Led by Former Georgia CTSA KL2 Scholar Reassures on Probiotic Sepsis Risk in Very Preterm Infants
Probiotic-associated invasive infections were rare in very preterm infants, according to a retrospective cohort study. Among over 100,000 very preterm infants, 11 developed Bifidobacterium or Lactobacillus invasive infections. Eight had been given probiotics (0.04%) while three had not (0.003%), reported Ravi M. Patel, MD, MSc, Emory and Children's, and colleagues. Patel is a former Georgia CTSA KL2 Scholar and MS in Clinical Research graduate.