Breast-feeding and urinary tract infection

A case-control study was conducted to study the association between breast-feeding and urinary tract infection. Case patients were 128 infants aged birth to 6 months with urinary tract infection. Control infants were 128 infants admitted to the same ward with an acute illness. The results support th...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Journal of pediatrics 1992, Vol.120 (1), p.87-89
Hauptverfasser:	Pisacane, Alfredo, Graziano, Liberatore, Mazzarella, Gianfranco, Scarpellino, Benedetto, Zona, Gregorio
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	alimentation au sein Bacterial diseases Bacterial diseases of the urinary system bebes Biological and medical sciences Bottle Feeding - statistics & numerical data breast feeding Breast Feeding - statistics & numerical data Case-Control Studies control de enfermedades controle de maladies disease control enfant en bas age Escherichia coli Infections - epidemiology Female Human bacterial diseases Humans Infant Infant, Newborn infants Infectious diseases Italy - epidemiology lactancia materna Life Sciences & Biomedicine Male Medical sciences Odds Ratio pathogenese pathogenesis patogenesis Pediatrics Proteus Infections - epidemiology Risk Factors Science & Technology tracto urinario tractus urinaire urinary tract Urinary Tract Infections - epidemiology
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Zusammenfassung:	A case-control study was conducted to study the association between breast-feeding and urinary tract infection. Case patients were 128 infants aged birth to 6 months with urinary tract infection. Control infants were 128 infants admitted to the same ward with an acute illness. The results support the hypothesis that breast-feeding protects infants against urinary tract infection.
ISSN:	0022-3476 1097-6833
DOI:	10.1016/S0022-3476(05)80607-9