Bifidobacterium And Lactobacillus Bacteremia among Infants Receiving Probiotics in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Multi-strain probiotic formulations (MPF) have been used in infants born preterm for more than 10 years at our institution. Twelve cases of bacteremia with organisms found in MPF were identified out of 2109 exposed infants (0. 6%), and no deaths were attributed to bacteremia.