title: First report of Salmonella enterica serotype panama meningitis associated with consumption of contaminated breast milk by a neonate.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Sections of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Teipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University,Taipei 114, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Te-Li
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Peck-Foong
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Thien
authors.forename: Shu-Chin
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Liaw
authors.forename: Chang-Phone
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Fung
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Siu
mesh_terms: 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