Breastfeeding does not protect against urinary tract infection in the first 3 months of life, but vitamin D supplementation increases the risk by 76%

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 750-755

  Katikaneni, Ranjitha ^a   Ponnapakkam, Tulasi ^a   Ponnapakkam, Adharsh ^a   Gensure, Robert ^a  

^a OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP); Urinary tract infection; Vitamin D recommendation

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERINATAL PERIOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SEX FACTORS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VITAMIN D; VITAMINS;

EID: 68949097645     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922809332588     Document Type: Article

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