High-Temperature Short-Time Treatment of Human Milk for Bacterial Count Reduction

• Main Authors: Daniel Klotz (Author), Marie Schreiner (Author), Valeria Falcone (Author), Daniel Jonas (Author), Mirjam Kunze (Author), Andrea Weber (Author), Hans Fuchs (Author), Roland Hentschel (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2018-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Human milk (HM) for preterm infants will often be pasteurized for cytomegalovirus (CMV) inactivation and reduction of its bacterial count. High-temperature short-time (HTST) treatment compared to standard Holder pasteurization (HoP) reduces the impact of heat treatment on bioactive HM pr...