Can Enterococcus faecium prevent NEC in preterm infants?: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Previous some systematic reviews reported that probiotics may benefit the prevention of NEC in preterm infants. But dissimilar bacterial strains and taxa used in included studies possibly result in bias. There is not a rounded systematic review which has estimated the benefit and safety of Enterococcus faecium to prevent NEC in preterm infants to date before we conducted.

Methods

This systematic review of randomized controlled trials and retrospective studies analyzing the benefit of Enterococcus faecium to prevent NEC in preterm infants was performed using PubMed, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, EMBASE, Wanfang data and China National Knowledge Infrastructure databases from inception to April 14, 2023. The search terms were "preterm" AND "necrotizing enterocolit

SUBMITTER: Men G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10419755 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature