title: Probable transmission of brucellosis by breast milk.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, San Pedro de Alcántara Hospital, Extremadura Health Service, Cáceres, Spain. iarroy@wanadoo.es
authors.forename: Ignacio
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Arroyo Carrera
authors.forename: María José
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: López Rodríguez
authors.forename: Ana Martínez
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Sapiña
authors.forename: Amparo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: López Lafuente
authors.forename: Ana Raquel Barrio
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Sacristán
mesh_terms: 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*