title: [Microbiological quality of human milk from a Brazilian milk bank].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objectives of the present study were to determine the prevalence of potentially pathogenic microorganisms that indicate the hygienic and sanitary conditions of human milk samples collected at a Human Milk Bank.
  
  
  METHODS
  Three hundred and thirty eight (338) samples of human milk collected from a milk bank in a maternity in the municipality of Goiânia, in the state of Goias, Brazil were submitted to microbiological analysis. The latter were plated on McConkey agar according to the type of bacteria. Among the total number of samples collected, 194 consisted of raw milk and the remaining 144 were pasteurized milk.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The presence of Staphylococcus spp., Streptococcus spp., yeasts and molds, and Enterobacteriaceae was verified in the raw milk samples. Staphylococcus aureus were isolated in 10 (5.2%) samples, Staphylococcus epidermidis in 28 (14.4%) samples, Streptococcus spp. in three (1.6%) samples, yeasts and molds in 43 (22.2%) and Enterobacteriaceae in 49 (25.3%) samples. In a hundred and forty four (144) samples which underwent thermal treatment Staphylococcus aureus was detected in five (3.5%) samples, Staphylococcus epidermidis in 15 (10.4%), Staphylococcus lugdenensis in two (1.4%), Streptococcus spp. in four (2.8%), yeasts and molds in 37 (25.7%), and Enterobacteriaceae in nine (6.3%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Analysis indicated a high degree of contamination in raw human milk, and as for the pasteurized milk, despite elimination of the great majority of potentially pathogenic microorganisms, the percentage of yeasts and molds was higher than in raw milk, demonstrating that a lower degree of initial contamination would be necessary for pasteurization to be an efficient means of microbiological control.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia, Parasitologia e Patologia, Instituto de Patologia Tropical e Saúde Pública, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, GO, Brasil. abisol@iptsp.ufg.br
authors.forename: Alvaro B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Serafini
authors.forename: Maria Cláudia D P B
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: André
authors.forename: Márcia A V
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Rodrigues
authors.forename: André
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kipnis
authors.forename: Cynthia O
authors.initials: CO
authors.lastname: Carvalho
authors.forename: Maria Raquel H
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Campos
authors.forename: Erica C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Monteiro
authors.forename: Fábia
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Martins
authors.forename: Thiago F N
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Jubé
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D005516:Food Microbiology; D006801:Humans; D017784:Milk Banks; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000382:microbiology*; D011786:Quality Control