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ARCHIVES OF DISEASE IN CHILDHOOD-FETAL AND NEONATAL EDITION
Volume 83, Issue 1, Pages F48-F49Publisher
BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1136/fn.83.1.F48
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group B streptococcus; breast milk; infection
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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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