Human milk oligosaccharides and their association with late-onset neonatal sepsis in Peruvian very-low-birth-weight infants

Oligosaccharides are the third most abundant component in human milk. They are a potential protective agent against neonatal sepsis.We aimed to explore the association between human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) and late-onset sepsis in very-low-birth-weight infants, and to describe the composition and characteristics of HMOs in Peruvian mothers of these infants.This is a secondary data analysis of a randomized clinical trial. We conducted a...