Breast milk microbiota News

Most antibiotic stewardship programs in neonatal intensive care focus on limiting use in newborns themselves. The current study adds to growing evidence that these programs should include a focus on mothers as well, says O`Connor, principal investigator on the study who is also a scientist in the Joannah & Brian Lawson Centre for Child Nutrition. The researchers looked at 490 breast milk samples from 86 mothers whose infants were born preterm, during the first eight weeks after delivery.