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 the hypothesis that breast-feeding protects infants against urinary tract infection.
Pisacane
A
A
Dipartimento di Pediatria, Università di Napoli, Italy.
Graziano
L
L
Mazzarella
G
G
Scarpellino
B
B
Zona
G
G
D001903:Bottle Feeding / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001942:Breast Feeding / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D016017:Odds Ratio; D011512:Proteus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*