Septicaemia and adrenal haemorrhage in congenital asplenia.
Authors:
- R P MartinRMR P Martin
- P J BerryPBP J Berry
- R N AshrafRAR N Ashraf
- F JalilFJF Jalil
- S ZamanSZS Zaman
- J KarlbergJKJ Karlberg
- S R KhanSKS R Khan
- B S LindbladBLB S Lindblad
- L A HansonLHL A Hanson
- 1 May 1991
- journal article
- case report
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 66 (5) , 636-637
Abstract
Protection against neonatal sepsis by breast feeding was investigated in a developing community. A case-control study was carried out with 42 cases from a hospital and 270 controls, matched for age and socioeconomic conditions from the community. Exclusive breast feeding was extremely rare, most babies being partially breast fed and a few being given formula feed or animal milk. A highly significant odds ratio of 18 was obtained, showing that even partial breast feeding protects against neonatal sepsis in such a population.Keywords
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