Probable transmission of brucellosis by breast milk.
Brucellosis is a zoonosis transmittable to humans. The transmission is mainly by consumption of unpasteurized milk or its products. Cases in the first year are very uncommon and other modes of transmission are responsible at this age. We report two children with brucellosis diagnosed at 7 and 2 months old where the probable way of transmission is the breast milk.
Arroyo Carrera
Ignacio
I
Department of Pediatrics, San Pedro de Alcántara Hospital, Extremadura Health Service, Cáceres, Spain. iarroy@wanadoo.es
López Rodríguez
María José
MJ
Sapiña
Ana Martínez
AM
López Lafuente
Amparo
A
Sacristán
Ana Raquel Barrio
AR
D001942:Breast Feeding / Q000009:adverse effects*; D017347:Brucella melitensis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000635:transmission*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000382:microbiology*