Brucellar meningitis in an infant - Evidence for human breast milk transmission

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 272-274

  Tikare, Nitin V ^a   Mantur, Basappa G ^b   Bidari, Laxman H ^a  

^a Dr Bidari's Ashwini Institute of Child Health and Research Centre   (India)

^b Belgaum Institute of Medical Sciences   (India)

Author keywords

Breast milk culture; Breast milk transmission; Brucella melitensis; Brucellosis; Infant; Meningitis

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MILK, HUMAN;

EID: 48549092060     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmn017     Document Type: Article

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