Breast milk transmission of group B streptococcal infection.
A term female infant developed late onset group B streptococcal disease on Day 12 of life. The source of the organism appeared to be expressed maternal breast milk in the absence of clinical mastitis. Asymptomatic excretion of group B Streptococcus in breast milk may be an underrecognized cause of neonatal infection.
Dinger
Jürgen
J
Clinic of Pediatrics, Medical Faculty, Technical University of Dresden, Germany. DINGER@ukd80.med.tu-dresden.de
Müller
Diane
D
Pargac
Nils
N
Schwarze
Roland
R
D000583:Amikacin / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000667:Ampicillin / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001942:Breast Feeding; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000382:microbiology; D010406:Penicillins / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011247:Pregnancy; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000635:transmission*; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae / Q000254:growth & development
D010406:Penicillins; D000667:Ampicillin; D000583:Amikacin