PROBIOTICELE: STRATEGII POSIBILE DE PREVENIRE A ENTEROCOLITEI ULCERO-NECROTICE LA NOU NĂSCUT.

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is an inflammatory bowel disease that mainly affects low birth weight preterm infants. Because the etiology and pathogenesis of NEC are still incompletely understood, therapeutic options, morbidity and mortality were not significantly improved in the last decade of time. Taking into account the catastrophic development of this disease, it is necessary to focus research on prevention strategies and identify predictive risk factors for its occurrence. Many preventive measures have been tried and accepted in clinical practice, one of these is represented by probiotics supplementation. This article is a review of the literature regarding the efficacy of probiotics as a preventive strategy for NEC in premature infants with low birth weight. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]