The Effect of Organochlorine Pesticides on the Development of Acute Enteric Infection of Unknown Etiology in Breastfed Children in Southern Kyrgyzstan
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The article presents the results of studies of breast milk (BM) for organochlorine pesticides. BM samples were collected from the mothers of 37 sick breastfed newborns under 5 months of age. They received medical care at different medical facilities: hospitals, infectious disease departments, and private clinics for acute enteric infection (AEI), including neonatal pathologies and AEI with an unspecified pathogen. A series of tests were conducted for intestinal infections, enteroviruses, intrauterine infections, and other infections. OCP levels were detected in the BM of 36 (97.34%) nursing mothers of the examined children. No OCPs were detected in the BM of one mother, but her child was subsequently diagnosed with enzymopathy. Therefore, it is necessary to test the BM of the mothers for OCPs whose breastfed newborns were diagnosed with AEI with unknown source of infection.
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