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The role of breast milk in the colonization of neonatal gut and skin with coagulase-negative staphylococci.
Pediatric research - 1 Nov 2017
Soeorg Hiie, Metsvaht Tuuli, Eelmäe Imbi, Merila Mirjam, Treumuth Sirli, Huik Kristi, Jürna-Ellam Marika, Ilmoja Mari-Liis, Lutsar Irja
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BackgroundWe aimed to determine the genetic relatedness between Staphylococcus epidermidis colonizing breast milk (BM) and BM-fed neonates during the first month of life.MethodsS. epidermidis was isolated from the stool and skin swabs of 20 healthy term and 49 preterm neonates hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit and from the BM of mothers once a week and typed by multilocus variable-number...
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