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Antimicrobial Protein and Peptide Concentrations and Activity in Human Breast Milk Consumed by Preterm Infants at Risk of Late-Onset Neonatal Sepsis

OBJECTIVE: We investigated the levels and antimicrobial activity of antimicrobial proteins and peptides (AMPs) in breast milk consumed by preterm infants, and whether deficiencies of these factors were associated with late-onset neonatal sepsis (LOS), a bacterial infection that frequently occurs in...

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Autores principales: Trend, Stephanie, Strunk, Tobias, Hibbert, Julie, Kok, Chooi Heen, Zhang, Guicheng, Doherty, Dorota A., Richmond, Peter, Burgner, David, Simmer, Karen, Davidson, Donald J., Currie, Andrew J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4314069/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25643281
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0117038