title: [Iron prophylaxis in normal infants? (author's transl)].
abstract: In the last years a tendency is apparent to give general iron prophylaxis not only to premature infants but also to full-term infants. The latter is justified according to laboratory parameters but not on clinical grounds. On the contrary, it is reasonable to assume that a certain hyposideraemia in the second half year of life is useful: It brings about an unspecific resistance against infections by bacteria, fungi and protozoa in a period of life characterized by an uncompletely developed specific resistance.
mesh_terms: D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D007113:Immunity, Innate / Q000187:drug effects; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007501:Iron / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000090463:Iron Deficiencies
chemical_list: D007501:Iron
vernacular_title: Eisenprophylaxe beim normalen Säugling?