Neonatal group B streptococcal septicemia transmitted by contaminated breast milk, proven by pulsed field gel electrophoresis in 2 cases

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 428-

  Salamat, Syavash ^a   Fischer, Doris ^a   Van Der Linden, Mark ^b   Buxmann, Horst ^a   Schlösser, Rolf ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; GENTAMICIN; MEROPENEM; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BREAST MILK; CASE REPORT; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; LETTER; MASTITIS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEPTICEMIA; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; BACTEREMIA; BREAST FEEDING; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TRANSMISSION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BREAST FEEDING; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, EXTREMELY PREMATURE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MILK, HUMAN; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 84897832638     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000000206     Document Type: Letter

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