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The prepuce :
The prepuce : a mistake of nature?
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- Winberg, Jan (författare)
- Department of Paediatrics, Karolinska Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Gothefors, Leif, 1940- (författare)
- Umeå universitet,Pediatrik
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- Bollgren, Ingela (författare)
- Department of Paediatrics, Sachs's Children's Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Herthelius, Maria (författare)
- Department of Paediatrics, Karolinska Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Tullus, Kjell (författare)
- Department of Paediatrics, Danderyds Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Elsevier Ltd. 1989
- 1989
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: The Lancet. - : Elsevier Ltd.. - 0140-6736 .- 1474-547X. ; 333:8638, s. 598-599
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Abstract
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- Retrospective studies suggest that circumcision of newborn boys will reduce the frequency of male early infantile urinary tract infection (UTI) by about 90%. If they are correct, this will be the first known instance of a common potentially lethal disease being preventable by extirpation of a piece of normal tissue. To reconcile the phenomenon with existing views of evolution and biology, it is suggested that the effects of one unphysiological intervention are counterbalancing those of another--ie, colonisation of the baby's gastrointestinal tract and genitals in maternity units by Escherichia coli strains of non-maternal origin, to which the baby has no passive immunity. As an alternative to circumcision to prevent early infantile male UTI, more natural colonisation could be promoted by strict rooming-in of mother and baby or by active colonisation of the baby with his mother's anaerobic gut flora.
Ämnesord
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Klinisk medicin -- Pediatrik (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Clinical Medicine -- Pediatrics (hsv//eng)
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- Pediatrics
- pediatrik
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