DIETARY-PROTEIN INDUCED COLITIS IN BREAST-FED INFANTS
DIETARY-PROTEIN INDUCED COLITIS IN BREAST-FED INFANTS
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DOI:
10.1016/s0022-3476(82)80008-5
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发表时间:
1982-01-01
影响因子:
5.1
通讯作者:
HAMILTON, SR
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作者:
LAKE, AM;WHITINGTON, PF;HAMILTON, SR
Six infants are reported who developed an inflammatory proctocolitis in the 1st mo. of life while being breast-fed exclusively. All were born at term and had normal perinatal courses. None had growth failure or constitutional symptoms other than bloody diarrhea. No toxic, bacterial, viral or parasitic cause was established. Rectal inflammation was suggested by the presence of fecal leukocytes and was confirmed by sigmoidoscopic observation of focal ulcerations, edema and increased friability. Rectal biopsies demonstrated a wide spectrum of acute and chronic inflammatory changes. All infants responded clinically to initiation of feeding with either a hydrolyzed casein or a soy protein-based formula. Breast-feeding was subsequently resumed in 5 of the 6 infants: all experienced immediate recurrence of symptoms. Elimination of cow''s milk protein from the maternal diet led to tolerance of breast-feeding in 2 infants, but there was no change in the other 3. Dietary protein-induced enterocolitis, previously reported in formula-fed infants, probably occurs occasionally in the exclusively breast-fed infant as well.