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Neonatal Feeding Tube Colonization and the Potential Effect on Infant Health: A Review

BACKGROUND: Infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) often require feeding tubes (FT) for weeks to months. Because FTs are in near constant contact with human milk and/or formula, rapid and extensive bacterial growth is possible. Due to their immature immunologic and gastrointestinal (GI)...

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Autores principales: Parker, Leslie A., Magalhães, Marina, Desorcy-Scherer, Katelyn, Torrez Lamberti, Monica, Lorca, Graciela L., Neu, Josef
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8908000/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35284460
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2022.775014