Late-onset Group B streptococcal (GBS) disease is a cause of illness, death and neurological sequelae in infancy. The epidemiology and pathogenesis of late-onset GBS disease is poorly defined. Infected breast-milk has been suggested as a source of postnatal infection and invasive disease. We describe a late-onset GBS disease by infected mother's milk in a term newborn in which the detection of GBS in neonatal bloodstream (confirmed by culture) and in the mother's milk was performed by PCR.
Lanari M, Serra L, Cavrini F, Liguori G, Sambri V. (2007). Late-onset group B streptococcal disease by infected mother's milk detected by polymerase chain reaction. NEW MICROBIOLOGICA, 30, 253-254.
Late-onset group B streptococcal disease by infected mother's milk detected by polymerase chain reaction.
LANARI, MARCELLO;LIGUORI, GIOVANNA;SAMBRI, VITTORIO
2007
Abstract
Late-onset Group B streptococcal (GBS) disease is a cause of illness, death and neurological sequelae in infancy. The epidemiology and pathogenesis of late-onset GBS disease is poorly defined. Infected breast-milk has been suggested as a source of postnatal infection and invasive disease. We describe a late-onset GBS disease by infected mother's milk in a term newborn in which the detection of GBS in neonatal bloodstream (confirmed by culture) and in the mother's milk was performed by PCR.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.