title: Breast milk as a source of late onset neonatal sepsis.
abstract: Neonatal sepsis can be a life-threatening complication in preterm neonates. We present the clinical course of 3 preterm neonates, 1 with recurrent sepsis and 2 with late onset sepsis attributed to ingestion of breast milk containing pathogenic organisms. Breast milk should be considered as a potential source of infection in neonates with recurrent infections or when infections occur simultaneously in siblings.
authors.affiliation: Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1X8.
authors.forename: Sunit
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Godambe
authors.forename: Prakesh S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: Vibhuti
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Shah
mesh_terms: D017668:Age of Onset; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D007710:Klebsiella Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000382:microbiology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious; D018805:Sepsis / Q000382:microbiology*; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014310:Triplets