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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |