Transmission of staphylococcus aureus between healthy, lactating mothers and their infants by breastfeeding

Journal of Human Lactation

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 411-417

  Kawada, Midori ^a   Okuzumi, Katsuko ^b   Hitomi, Shigemi ^c   Sugishita, Chieko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast milk; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344646206     PISSN: 08903344     EISSN: 15525732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0890334403257799     Document Type: Article

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