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Case Reports
. 2002 Jun;21(6):567-8.
doi: 10.1097/00006454-200206000-00017.

Breast milk transmission of group B streptococcal infection

Jürgen Dinger  1 , Diane Müller, Nils Pargac, Roland Schwarze
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Case Reports

Breast milk transmission of group B streptococcal infection

Jürgen Dinger et al. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2002 Jun.

Abstract

A term female infant developed late onset group B streptococcal disease on Day 12 of life. The source of the organism appeared to be expressed maternal breast milk in the absence of clinical mastitis. Asymptomatic excretion of group B Streptococcus in breast milk may be an underrecognized cause of neonatal infection.

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