Open AccessTRANSMISSION OF BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI VIA BREAST MILK IN NORTHERN AUSTRALIA
Author(s) -
Anna P. Ralph,
John T. McBride,
Bart J. Currie
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
the pediatric infectious disease journal/the pediatric infectious disease journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1532-0987
pISSN - 0891-3668
DOI - 10.1097/01.inf.0000145548.79395.da
Subject(s) - burkholderia pseudomallei , medicine , melioidosis , breast milk , mastitis , sepsis , transmission (telecommunications) , burkholderia , microbiology and biotechnology , pulsed field gel electrophoresis , immunology , bacteria , pathology , biology , biochemistry , genetics , genotype , gene , electrical engineering , engineering
Two cases of maternal to child transmission of melioidosis are reported from Australia's tropical north. One infant died of overwhelming sepsis. Both lactating mothers had mastitis. In 1 case, Burkholderia pseudomallei isolated from breast milk was identical on pulsed-field gel electrophoresis with that in blood and cerebrospinal fluid isolates from the infant