title: Fetal exposure to cocaine and infections during the first 18 months of life in infants from a Mediterranean city.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The incidence of infections during the first 18 months of life was investigated in 36 infants prenatally exposed to cocaine and in 72 non-exposed controls from Barcelona, Spain.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fetal exposure to cocaine was ascertained by meconium analysis, infections by structured questionnaire.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A higher incidence of infections, if excluding those acquired in utero, was not found in exposed infants versus non-exposed infants of similar demographical and socioeconomic characteristics.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A possible role for life style factor in those cases where increased infections are associated with fetal exposure to cocaine is hypothesized.
authors: Pediatric Service, Unitat de Recerca Infància i Entorn, Hospital Universitari del Mar, Universitat Autònoma, Barcelona, Spain. OGarciaA@imas.imim.es
authors: Oscar
authors: O
authors: García-Algar
authors: Aida
authors: A
authors: Felipe
authors: Carme
authors: C
authors: Puig
authors: Toni
authors: T
authors: Monleón
authors: Roberta
authors: R
authors: Pacifici
authors: Simona
authors: S
authors: Pichini
mesh_terms: D019970:Cocaine-Related Disorders; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011247:Pregnancy; D011297:Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology