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AAP Grand Rounds 11:65-66 (2004)
© 2004 American Academy of Pediatrics
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Amulticenter, double-blind, controlled study conducted by investigators from the French Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Grenoble evaluated whether a biologically acidified infant milk formula supplemented with viable Bifidobacterium lactis strain Bb 12 (BbF) could protect infants living in residential nurseries or foster care centers from development of acute diarrhea. A total of 90 children were enrolled to receive either the BbF (46) or conventional formula (CF; 44). There was no significant difference in age, gender, history of gastrointestinal disease, or frequency of breast-feeding between the 2 groups. A total of 28.3% of the
| Pediatric Gastroenterology Fellow, Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH |
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