1. Impact of a Multi-Strain Probiotic on Healthcare-Associated Bloodstream Infection Incidence and Severity in Preterm Neonates.
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Sowden, Marwyn, van Weissenbruch, Mirjam Maria, Bulabula, Andre Nyandwe Hamama, Dramowski, Angela, Lombard, Carl, and van Niekerk, Evette
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CATHETER-related infections ,MIDDLE-income countries ,CONFIDENCE intervals ,CROSS infection ,DISEASES ,VERY low birth weight ,DISEASE incidence ,PROBIOTICS ,SEVERITY of illness index ,RANDOMIZED controlled trials ,PLACEBOS ,TREATMENT effectiveness ,LOW-income countries ,BLIND experiment ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,INFANT mortality ,STATISTICAL sampling ,BLOODBORNE infections - Abstract
Aim: Hospital acquired bloodstream infection (HA-BSI) is a major contributor to morbidity and mortality in preterm, very low birthweight infants, especially in low-to-middle-income countries. Materials and Methods: We conducted a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trial to investigate the effect of a multi-strain probiotic formulation (LabinicTM) on the incidence and severity of HA-BSI in preterm neonates. Results: Two hundred neonates (100 per arm) were included in this trial. Fifteen neonates developed HA-BSI events (2 in the probiotic arm and 13 in the placebo arm). The median day of life at HA-BSI onset for the probiotic group was 10.5±3.5, and for the placebo group, it was 11.2±6.4. The incidence of HA-BSI in neonates receiving the probiotic was significantly lower compared to those receiving the placebo [0.93 versus 5.99 HA-BSI events/1,000 neonate-days; incidence rate ratio (IRR) of 0.156 [95% confidence interval (CI): 0.017 to 0.691], p=0.0046]. Calculating the incidence rate of the combined outcome (sepsis/death) was also lower in the probiotic group versus the placebo group [2.34 versus 6.45 events/1,000 neonate days; IRR 0.33 (95% CI: 0.11 to 0.97), p=0.043]. Conclusion: The use of a multi-strain probiotic significantly reduced HA-BSI incidence in this cohort of preterm neonates. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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