Human milk contaminated with Salmonella kottbus. A cause of nosocomial illness in infants.
Human milk contaminated with Salmonella kottbus caused an outbreak of illness in seven of 22 infants in a neonatal intensive care unit. A case-control investigation failed to identify any risk factor except consumption of milk from a single donor, whose milk was subsequently found to be contaminated with S kottbus. Collection of human milk from properly instructed donors screened for microbiological pathogens, refrigeration of this milk at 1 to 5 degrees C after collection, and controlled distribution by a milk bank should minimize the few hazards associated with its consumption.
D001942:Breast Feeding; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000382:microbiology*; D012475:Salmonella / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012478:Salmonella Food Poisoning / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control