Infection prevention for extremely low birth weight infants in the NICU
Fleiss N, Tarun S, Polin RA. Infection prevention for extremely low birth weight infants in the NICU. Seminars In Fetal And Neonatal Medicine 2022, 27: 101345. PMID: 35550785, PMCID: PMC9006400, DOI: 10.1016/j.siny.2022.101345.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfection preventionLow birth weight infantsEarly antibiotic exposureBirth weight infantsHuman milk feedingPreterm newborn infantsSARS-CoV-2 global pandemicUse of probioticsAntifungal prophylaxisEnteral feedingWeight infantsPreterm infantsProlonged hospitalizationEvidence-based practiceMilk feedingNewborn infantsAntibiotic exposureInvasive interventionsSystemic infectionImmune defenseInfantsInfectionPreventionSuch interventionsNICU