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Cow's Milk Protein Sensitive Enteropathy (CMPSE): An Important Cause of Protracted Diarrhoea in Infancy
Author(s) -
IYNGKARAN N.,
ROBINSON M. J.,
DAVIS K. A.,
SUMITHRAN E.,
KUMAR M. V.,
ONG T. H.,
YADAV M.,
BOEY C. G.,
LAM S. K.,
PUTHUCHEARY S. D.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1979.tb01243.x
Subject(s) - lactose , medicine , enteropathy , cow milk , protein losing enteropathy , infant formula , milk protein , diarrhea , pediatrics , physiology , food science , zoology , biology , disease
Iyngkaran, N., Robinson, M. J., Davis, K. A., Sumithran, E., Kumar, M. V., Ong, T. H., Yadav, M., Boey, C. G., Lam, S. K. and Puthucheary, S. D. (1979). Aust. Paediatr. J., 15, 266–270. Cow's milk protein sensitive enteropathy (CMPSE): an important cause of protracted diarrhoea in infancy. Twenty‐six infants with protracted diarrhoea were studied, and 21 were found to have cow's milk protein sensitive enteropathy. Associated secondary sugar intolerance was present in the majority of these infants, but the symptoms did not improve with a lactose‐free, cow's milk protein containing formula. Eleven infants tolerated and thrived well on a lactose and cow's milk protein‐free formula. Ten infants required total parenteral nutrition for periods of 1 to 3 weeks before they tolerated a lactose and cow's milk protein‐free formula orally. This limited study suggests that cow's milk protein sensitive enteropathy may be a major cause of protracted diarrhoea in infancy and that exclusion of cow's milk protein as well as lactose from the diet is essential in the nutritional rehabilitation of these infants. With careful manipulation of these special formulae the need for total parenteral nutrition may be obviated in many infants with protracted diarrhoea.