Experience of using a probiotic strain of Enterococcus in long-term nutritional support for premature children

Abstract

Objective. To evaluate the experience of using a probiotic strain of enterococcus in long-term nutritional support of premature infants.Characteristics of children and research methods. The children were selected in 2014–2015. The study included 11 premature babies of the first year of life, treated with antibiotics for a long time. Inclusion criteria: prematurity of any severity, signed informed consent from parents to conduct an outpatient rehabilitation program for children, including long-term nutritional support with a probiotic strain of enterococcus. Exclusion criteria: gross congenital malformations; hereditary metabolic diseases, severe forms of organic pathology of the central nervous system. Exclusion criteria: severe forms of somatic and infectious pathology, use of other probiotics. The probiotic strain of enterococcus – E. faecium L3 (No. RU. 77.99.26.009.Е.002272.02.11) in the liquid form (biomass grown on a dairy-free basis) with a titer of at least 108 CFU/ml was orally administered to children 1 ml 2 times a day while eating. The authors evaluated safety and clinical efficacy of long-term use of the probiotic strain of enterococcus.Results. The authors noted the effectiveness of long-term use of a probiotic strain of enterococcus as nutritional support for premature infants for adequate psychomotor and physical development. They revealed the disappearance of the manifestations of atopic dermatitis while taking a probiotic strain of enterococcus. In the course of the study, the safety of long-term intake of a probiotic strain of enterococcus was established as an integral part of the rehabilitation program for premature babies, who completed their nursing in a hospital.Conclusion. The continuation of studies to assess the clinical efficacy of long-term intake of probiotics in children of the first year of life who were born prematurely and received antibiotics for a long time can be considered very promising.