First report of Salmonella enterica serotype panama meningitis associated with consumption of contaminated breast milk by a neonate.
Salmonella enterica serotype Panama is capable of causing severe infection in children and is often transmitted via contaminated food. Here, we present the first documented case of serotype Panama infection that was acquired through the consumption of contaminated breast milk. The mother excreted the organism asymptomatically for at least 2 weeks.
Chen
Te-Li
TL
Sections of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Teipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University,Taipei 114, Taiwan.
Thien
Peck-Foong
PF
Liaw
Shu-Chin
SC
Fung
Chang-Phone
CP
Siu
L K
LK
D001942:Breast Feeding; D005243:Feces; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology*; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000382:microbiology*; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000635:transmission; D019779:Salmonella enterica / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D012703:Serotyping