In searching Medline for info on premies, I came across the abstract below.
Any thoughts? Has anyone read the article?

Jennifer Herrin, RN, IBCLC
Tulsa, OK

TITLE:  Neonatal group B streptococcal disease associated with infected
breast milk.
AUTHORS:    Olver WJ; Bond DW; Boswell TC; Watkin SL
AUTHOR AFFILIATION:     Division of Microbiology and Public Health
Laboratory, University Hospital, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH,
UK. [log in to unmask]
SOURCE:     Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2000 Jul;83(1):F48-9
CITATION IDS:   PMID: 10873172 UI: 20332295
ABSTRACT:   Premature triplets each developed late onset group B
streptococcal disease over a period of nine weeks. 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 under-recognised cause of neonatal infection.

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