>
>A totally bf 4 month old baby was hospitalized for 10 days with a severe
>urinary infection.  The culture came back e coli.  The doctors claim it
>probably came from the baby's stool.  I am at a loss to explain this to
>the mother.  She is pretty upset because she said that protection
>against these types of germs is the main reason she wanted to bf.
>
>Susan Nachman-Srebrnik, IBCLC

Susan, point out to her that her baby probably would have died if it had
been bottle-fed.  Breastfeeding DID protect her baby against the serious
consequences of a urinary E. coli infection.  I assume this is a girl, and
the E. coli travelled from stools to urethra via the diaper?

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