10 May 2018 --- Targeted probiotic supplementation in breastfed infants can significantly reduce the potential for antibiotic resistance, according to research presented this week at the European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition (ESPGHAN) Annual Meeting. According to the study, breastfed infants fed a specific probiotic strain of B. infantis had, on average, 87.5 percent less antibiotic resistance genes in their gut microbiome when compared with breastfed infants who had received lactation support alone.
