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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-12-20
pubmed:abstractText
Nosocomial infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) are a major cause of outbreaks in intensive care units. Infants make up a sector of the population that presents a high risk for MRSA infections. Mother-to-infant transmission has been indicated as a possible cause of MRSA infections in neonates. The occurrence and characteristics of MRSA in samples of banked human milk were investigated by selective culture, antibiogram and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. MRSA contamination was found in 11% of 500 samples of expressed, fresh-frozen milk from 500 different donors at five Brazilian milk banks. The great majority of the contaminated samples passed breast milk quality control criteria for dispensing as raw milk under Brazilian and American guidelines. Most of the MRSA isolates belonged to the Brazilian epidemic clone, which is reported to be widespread in several Brazilian states, in Argentina and in Portugal. It is concluded that expressed breast milk can be a reservoir of multiresistant S. aureus epidemic clones. Studies are necessary to assess the source of contamination and potential role of MRSA-contaminated milk in the transmission of MRSA to neonates.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0022-2615
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
49
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1109-17
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11129724-Anti-Bacterial Agents, pubmed-meshheading:11129724-Brazil, pubmed-meshheading:11129724-Breast Feeding, pubmed-meshheading:11129724-Colony Count, Microbial, pubmed-meshheading:11129724-Colostrum, pubmed-meshheading:11129724-Culture Media, pubmed-meshheading:11129724-DNA, Bacterial, pubmed-meshheading:11129724-Disease Outbreaks, pubmed-meshheading:11129724-Drug Resistance, Multiple, pubmed-meshheading:11129724-Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field, pubmed-meshheading:11129724-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11129724-Freezing, pubmed-meshheading:11129724-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11129724-Methicillin, pubmed-meshheading:11129724-Methicillin Resistance, pubmed-meshheading:11129724-Microbial Sensitivity Tests, pubmed-meshheading:11129724-Milk, Human, pubmed-meshheading:11129724-Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length, pubmed-meshheading:11129724-Specimen Handling, pubmed-meshheading:11129724-Staphylococcal Infections, pubmed-meshheading:11129724-Staphylococcus aureus
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Contamination of expressed human breast milk with an epidemic multiresistant Staphylococcus aureus clone.
pubmed:affiliation
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Microbiologia Prof. Paulo de Goes, CCS, BI I, Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't