Human milk contains a dynamic and complex site-specific microbiome, which is not
assembled in an aleatory way, formed by organized microbial consortia and networks …

Mastitis is broadly defined as the inflammation of the mammary gland; however, the concept
of mastitis is customized to address its social and clinical impact in the case of humans and …

Enteral nutrition (EN) is a valuable clinical intervention for patients of all ages in a variety of
care settings. Along with its many outcome benefits come the potential for adverse effects …

Background Breastfeeding is important, however not all infants can feed at the breast and
methods of expressing milk need evaluation. Objectives To assess acceptability …

Background B reastfeeding mothers may encounter unforeseen reasons for separation from
their infants, but more often women express and store milk for planned events, lifestyle …

Over the last decades, significant progress in the fields of perinatal and neonatal medicine
has resulted in improved survival of very low and extremely low-birth weight infants. At …

Human milk is a complex and variable fluid of increasing interest to human biologists who
study nutrition and health. The collection and analysis of human milk poses many practical …

In Europe, an increasing number of human milk banks (HMBs) collect donor human milk to
feed preterm infants when their mother's milk is not available or not enough. Moreover …

Neonatal sepsis can be classified into two subtypes depending upon whether the onset of
symptoms is before 72 hours of life (early‐onset neonatal sepsis—EONS) or later (late …

Background Expressing breast milk has become increasingly prevalent, particularly in some
developed countries. Concurrently, breast pumps have evolved to be more sophisticated …