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A Cause of Nosocomial Illness in Infants

Robert W. Ryder, MD; Ann Crosby-Ritchie, RN; Betty McDonough, RN; William J. Hall III, MD

JAMA. 1977;238(14):1533-1534.

Abstract
Human milk contaminated with Salmonella kottbus caused an outbreak of illness in seven of 22 infants in a neonatal intensive care unit. A case-control investigation failed to identify any risk factor except consumption of milk from a single donor, whose milk was subsequently found to be contaminated with S kottbus.

Collection of human milk from properly instructed donors screened for microbiological pathogens, refrigeration of this milk at 1 to 5 °C after collection, and controlled distribution by a milk bank should minimize the few hazards associated with its consumption.

(JAMA 238:1533-1534, 1977)

Author Affiliations
From the Enteric Diseases Branch, Bacterial Diseases Division, Bureau of Epidemiology (Dr Ryder), Center for Disease Control, Atlanta; the Bureau of Health, Department of Human Services (Ms Crosby-Ritchie), Augusta, Me; and the Maine Medical Center (Ms McDonough and Dr Hall), Portland. Dr Ryder is now with the Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston.

Footnotes
Reprint requests to Enteric Diseases Branch, Bacterial Diseases Division, Bureau of Epidemiology, Center for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA 30333 (Dr Ryder).

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