Prophylactic Probiotics to Prevent Death or Sepsis in Preterm Infants in Colombia. A randomized, double-blind, multicenter trial.

Neonatal infections currently cause about 1.6 million deaths annually in developing countries. Preterm infants are especially vulnerable to infections because of their immature immune responses and their exposure to the hospital milieu, which promotes gastrointestinal colonization with Gram-negative...