title: Freeze-thawing of breast milk does not prevent cytomegalovirus transmission to a preterm infant.
abstract: Freezing human milk is recommended to inactivate cytomegalovirus (CMV). A case of a preterm infant exclusively receiving frozen breast milk from his CMV seropositive mother showed that storage of breast milk for two months at -20 degrees C did not prevent symptomatic postnatal CMV infection.
authors.affiliation: Children's Hospital, University of Würzburg, Josef-Schneider-Str 2, 97080 Würzburg, Germany. jens.maschmann@mail.uni-wuerzburg.de
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Maschmann
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hamprecht
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Weissbrich
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dietz
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jahn
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Speer
mesh_terms: D015925:Cryopreservation; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical / Q000517:prevention & control; D008297:Male; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000821:virology*