Microbial contamination of human milk purchased via the internet

Pediatrics

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Keim, Sarah A ^a,b,c   Hogan, Joseph S ^b   Mcnamara, Kelly A ^a   Gudimetla, Vishnu ^d   Dillon, Chelsea E ^a   Kwiek, Jesse J ^d,e   Geraghty, Sheela R ^f  

^a THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Department of Animal Sciences   (United States)

^c Division of Epidemiology   (United States)

^d Departments of Microbial Infection and Immunity and Orthopedics   (United States)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Cincinnati Children's Center for Breastfeeding Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerobic bacteria; Breastfeeding; Human milk; Infant; Internet

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BREAST MILK; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DNA EXTRACTION; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD SAFETY; FOOD STORAGE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; INTERNET; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURCHASING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RNA EXTRACTION; SALMONELLA; SHIPPING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; UNITED STATES; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; STANDARDS;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNET; MILK BANKS; MILK, HUMAN; SALMONELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 84887122427     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2013-1687     Document Type: Article

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