Dinger Jürgen, Müller Diane, Pargac Nils, Schwarze Roland
Clinic of Pediatrics, Medical Faculty, Technical University of Dresden, Germany.
Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2002 Jun;21(6):567-8. doi: 10.1097/00006454-200206000-00017.
A term female infant developed late onset group B streptococcal disease on Day 12 of life. The source of the organism appeared to be expressed maternal breast milk in the absence of clinical mastitis. Asymptomatic excretion of group B Streptococcus in breast milk may be an underrecognized cause of neonatal infection.