PEDIATRICS Vol. 65 No. 6 June 1980, pp. 1121-1124
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Breast-feeding Reduces Incidence of Hospital Admissions for Infection in Infants

Mary E. Fallot MD1, John L. Boyd III MD1, and Frank A. Oski MD1

1 Department of Pediatrics, State University of New York Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse

The prevalence of exclusive breast-feeding among infants 0 to 3 months of age in a community was contrasted with the prevalence of breast-feeding among infants hospitalized for the presence of presumed or established infections. During a one-year period, 136 infants, 0 to 3 months of age, were admitted to the hospital. Among the hospitalized group, only 11.0% were being exclusively breast-fed as contrasted with an expected frequency of 25.2% based on community feeding patterns. No bacterial infections were documented among the breast-fed group while 27 bacterial infections were documented among 121 non-breast-fed infants. This survey indicates that exclusively breast-feeding during the first three months of life significantly reduces the incidence of infections that ultimately require hospitalization of infants.

Submitted on July 12, 1979
Accepted on September 20, 1979




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