title: Severe morbidity and mortality with breast milk associated cytomegalovirus infection.
abstract: Congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection can cause significant morbidity and mortality in the newborn period. Postnatally acquired CMV infection has been thought to carry much less morbidity. We report 5 cases of severe morbidity and mortality in very low birth weight infants with postnatally acquired, breast milk associated CMV infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA 98431, USA.
authors.forename: Mitchell
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hamele
authors.forename: Ryan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Flanagan
authors.forename: C Adam
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Loomis
authors.forename: Tracy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Stevens
authors.forename: Mary P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Fairchok
mesh_terms: D001942:Breast Feeding / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003587:Cytomegalovirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000401:mortality* / Q000635:transmission*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D019102:Infant, Very Low Birth Weight; D008297:Male; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000821:virology*