Transmission of cytomegalovirus to preterm infants through breast milk

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 53-58

  Vochem, Matthias ^b   Hamprecht, Klaus ^b   Jahn, Gerhard ^b   Speer, Christian P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Breast milk; Cytomegalovirus; Postnatal cytomegalovirus infection; Preterm infants; Virus transmission

Indexed keywords

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; VIRUS EXCRETION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MILK, HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031933348     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199801000-00012     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Ballard RA, Drew WL, Hufnagel KG, Reidel PA. Acquired cytomegalovirus infection in preterm infants. Am J Dis Child 1979;133:482-5.
2. Yeager AS, Grumet FC, Hafleigh EB, Arvin AM, Bradley JS, Prober CG. Prevention of transfusion acquired cytomegalovirus infections in newborn infants. J Pediatr 1981;98:281-4.
3. Yeager AS, Palumbo PE, Malachowski N, Ariagno RL, Stevenson DK. Sequelae of maternally derived cytomegalovirus infections in preterm infants. J Pediatr 1983;102:918-22.
4. Stagno S, Reynolds D, Pass R, Alford C. Breast milk and the risk of cytomegalovirus infection. N Engl J Med 1980;302: 1073-6.
5. Stagno S, Cloud GA. Working parents: the impact of day care and breast feeding on cytomegalovirus infections in offsprings. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1994;91:3284-9.
6. Dworsky M, Yow M, Stagno S, Pass RF, Alford C. Cytomegalovirus infection of breast milk and transmission in infancy. Pediatrics 1983;72:295-9.
7. Peckham CS, Johnson C, Ades A, Pearl K, Chin KS. Early acquisition of cytomegalovirus infection. Arch Dis Child 1987; 62:780-5.
8. Thompson PJ, Greenough A, Gamsu HR, Nicolaides KH, Philpott-Howard J. Congenital bacterial sepsis in very preterm infants. J Med Microbiol 1992;36:117-20.
9. Hamprecht K, Gerth HJ. Detection of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV)-DNA from granulocytes and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMNC) of immunosuppressed patients by nested PCR: lack of correlation to isolation of infectious virus. In: A. Rolfs, ed. Methods in DNA amplification. New York: Plenum, 1994:145-53.
10. Hamprecht K, Sorg G, Grebenstein A, Boniek M, Jahn G. Detection of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) DNA from cell-free plasma of immunosuppressed patients by nested PCR: influence of nucleic acid extraction method. Experientia 1996;52:297.
11. Brytting M, Sundqvist VA, Stalhandske A, Linde A, Wahren B. Cytomegalovirus DNA detection of an immediate early protein gene with nested primer oligonucleotides. J Virol Methods 1991;32:127-38.
12. Jiwa NM, van Gemert GW, Raap AK, et al. Rapid detection of human cytomegalovirus DNA in peripheral blood leukocytes of viremic transplant recipients by the polymerase chain reaction. Transplantation 1989;48:72-6.
13. Enders G. Diagnosis of cytomegalovirus infections. In: Simon C, Wilkinson J, eds. Diagnosis of infectious diseases: new aspects. Stuttgart: Schattauer, 1986:225-36.
14. Ahlfors K, Ivarsson SA. Cytomegalovirus in breast milk of Swedish milk donors. Scand J Infect Dis 1985;17:11-16.
15. Hayes K, Danks DM, Gibas H, Jack I. Cytomegalovirus in human milk. N Engl J Med 1972;287:177-8.
16. Numazaki Y, Yano N, Morizuka T, Takai S, Ishida N. Primary infection with human cytomegalovirus: virus isolation from healthy infants and pregnant women. Am J Epidemiol 1970;91:410-17.
17. Kumar ML, Nankervis GA, Cooper AR, Gold E. Postnatally acquired cytomegalovirus infections in infants of CMV-excreting mothers. J Pediatr 1984;104:669-73.
18. Snydman DR, Werner BG, Meissner HC, et al. Use of cytomegalovirus immunoglobulin in multiply transfused premature neonates. Pediatr Infect Dis J 1995;14:34-40.
19. Paryani SG, Yeager AS, Hosford-Dunn H, et al. Sequelae of acquired cytomegalovirus infection in premature and sick term infants. J Pediatr 1985;107:451-6.
20. Welsh JK, Arsenakis M, Coelen RJ, May JT. Effect of antiviral lipids, heat and freezing on the activity of viruses in human milk. J Infect Dis 1979;140:322-6.
21. Dworsky M, Stagno S, Pass RF, Cassady G, Alford C. Persistence of cytomegalovirus in human milk after storage. J Pediatr 1982;101:440-3.
22. Friis H, Andersen HK. Rate of inactivation of cytomegalovirus in raw banked milk during storage at - 20 degrees C and pasteurisation. Br Med J Clin Res 1982;285:1604-5.
23. Goldblum RM, Dill CW, Albrecht TB, Alford ES, Garza C, Goldman AS. Rapid high temperature treatment of human milk. J Pediatr 1984;104:380-5.
24. Speer CHP, Gahr M, Pabst MJ. Phagocytosis-associated oxidative metabolism in human milk macrophages. Acta Paediatr Scand 1986;75:444-51.