Bovine lactoferrin prevents invasive fungal infections in very low birth weight infants: a randomized controlled trial.

Background: Lactoferrin is a mammalian milk glycoprotein involved in innate immunity. Recent data show that bovine lactoferrin (bLF) prevents late-onset sepsis in preterm very low birth weight (VLBW) neonates. Methods: This is a secondary analysis of data from a multicenter randomized controlled trial where preterm VLBW neonates randomly received bLF (100 mg/day; group A1), bLF + Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG (106 colony-forming units per day; group A2), or placebo (group B) for 6 weeks. Here we analyze the incidence rates of fungal colonization, invasive fungal infection (IFI), and rate of progression from colonization to infection in all groups. Results: This study included 472 neonates who…

I polimorfismi del gene IRGM sono associati al comportamento fistolizzante della malattia di Crohn.

Serological Screening of Celiac Disease: Choosing the best tests under two years.

40(th) EASD Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes : Munich, Germany, 5-9 September 2004

Genotype / Phenotype analysis of a panel of genes in pediatric patients with IBD. A SIGENP multicentre study.