To feed or not to feed? Case presentation and best practice guidance for human milk feeding and group B streptococcus in developed countries

Journal of Human Lactation

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 452-457

  Davanzo, Riccardo ^a   De Cunto, Angela ^a   Travan, Laura ^a   Bacolla, Gianfranco ^a   Creti, Roberta ^b   Demarini, Sergio ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH IRCCS BURLO GAROFOLO   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

best practices; breast milk; breastfeeding; group B Streptococcus disease; twins

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CASE REPORT; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TRANSMISSION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BREAST FEEDING; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; MILK, HUMAN; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 84885449150     PISSN: 08903344     EISSN: 15525732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0890334413480427     Document Type: Article

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