Cold storage of human milk: Effect on its bacterial composition

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 343-348

  Marín, María L ^a   Arroyo, Rebeca ^a   Jiménez, Esther ^a   Gómez, Adolfo ^b   Fernández, Leonides ^a   Rodríguez, Juan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI JOAN XXIII   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacteria Breast feeding Human; Milk Milk bank Milk; Pump Staphylococci Storage Streptococci

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BREAST MILK; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; FEMALE; FOOD STORAGE; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS GASSERI; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA; COLD TEMPERATURE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; MILK, HUMAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS GASSERI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 70349113933     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0b013e31818cf53d     Document Type: Article

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