فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

Background: Breastfeeding has been associated with decreased frequency of otitis media in children. It might be due to lower prevalence of nasopharyngeal colonization with the respiratory pathogens among breast-fed infants compared to those who are formula-fed. Objectives: This study was performed to determine the influence of breastfeeding on Streptococcus pneumoniae , Haemophilus influenzae and Moraxella catarrhalis colonization rates in children. Results: A total of 885 children were breast-fed (78.7%), 69 children were formula-fed (6.1%), and 171 children were mixed-fed (15.2%). Carriage rates of S. pneumoniae , H. influenzae and M. catarrhalis among children were 13.1%, 9.1%, and 4.3%, respectively. Although lower incidence of nasopharyngeal colonization was found in breast- versus formula-fed children, it was not significant (P > 0.5). Conclusions: It seems that feeding in infancy has no influence over the prevalence of nasopharyngeal colonization with respiratory pathogens during childhood.