[Collection and bacteriologic quick testing of the milk of mothers with premature infants].
Collecting milk from mothers of preterm infants and feeding it unprocessed to their own babies has been tested. Mothers were instructed by protocoll and by intensive personal informations. Unprocessed human milk samples were bacteriologically screened by Uricult-dip-slides. 69% of 2,261 milk samples examined showed a total colony count of less than or equal to 10(4)/ml and no growth of gramnegative bacteria. These samples could be given unprocessed to the preterm infants. No side effects have been noticed. Bacteriological criteria for feeding unprocessed human milk are discussed in the paper.
D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D001942:Breast Feeding; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000382:microbiology*
Sammlung und bakteriologische Schnelltestung der Milch von Müttern frühgeborener Kinder.