Probiotic Supplementation to Improve the GUT Microbiota of Very Low Birth Weight Preterm, a Pilot Study

其他：Probiotics supplementation

Five very low birth weight (VLBW) infants enrolled within 2 days of birth, with a weight < 1300 g and gestational age < 29 weeks and without any malformation or metabolic disease at birth were supplemented with two daily doses of a mixture of "Bifidobacterium breve" and "Lactobacillus salivarius" , probiotic strains isolated from human milk during their first weeks of life. The lyophilized powder has contained at least 1x10^9 colony forming units (CFU) per doses of each one of the probiotic bacteria.

膳食补充剂：Probiotic

blood and fecal samples were collected from five VLBW preterms which were supplemented with a probiotic mixture of Bifidobacterium breve / Lactobacillus salivarius isolated from human milk

其他名称：

• "Bifidobacterium breve / Lactobacillus salivarius mixture"

changes in microbiological counts in feces of preterm infants

Adequate dilutions of meconium and stool samples were spread onto general and selective culture media for the enumeration of different bacterial species. Identification of isolates was carried out by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry.

concentration of immunological parameters on feces

multiplex methodology and enzyme-Linked ImmunoSorbent Assay (ELISA) were used to determine a wide range of immune compounds and calprotectin as immune system status biomarkers: immunoglobulin(Ig) G1, IgG2, IgG3, IgG4, IgM, IgA, interleukin (IL)-1b, IL-6, IL-12,interferon-gamma, Tumor necrosis factor-alpha,IL-2,IL-4,IL-10, IL-13, IL-17, IL-8, growth related oncogene- alpha, macrophages chemoattractant protein-1, macrophage inflammatory protein-1b, IL-5, IL-7, granulocytemacrophage -colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF), granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF).

concentration of immunological parameters on plasma samples

multiplex methodology and enzyme-Linked ImmunoSorbent Assay (ELISA) were used to determine a wide range of immune compounds and calprotectin as immune system status biomarkers: immunoglobulin(Ig) G1, IgG2, IgG3, IgG4, IgM, IgA, interleukin (IL)-1b, IL-6, IL-12,interferon-gamma, Tumor necrosis factor-alpha,IL-2,IL-4,IL-10, IL-13, IL-17, IL-8, growth related oncogene- alpha, macrophages chemoattractant protein-1, macrophage inflammatory protein-1b, IL-5, IL-7, granulocytemacrophage -colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF), granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF).

clinical features during NICU stay

medical staff registered all the clinical status of the enrolled infants, after that the most relevant morbidity parameters associated to prematurity were factorized and evaluated by the clinicians, prior to evaluate the possible relationships with the other outcomes measured.

-Necrotizing enterocolitis, late onset sepsis, intestinal motility evaluated by feeding tolerance and determination ot total gastrointestinal transit time by the administration of carmin red, type of feeding, respiratory support, intraventricular hemorrhage. Describe healthy status of each preterm