Epidemiological assessment of the microbial contamination of the breast milk of healthy women
Budagovskaia, S.N.; Shutova, A.P.; Mordvinova, N.B.; Kurnosova, N.A.; Skorokhodova, O.N.
Zhurnal Mikrobiologii Epidemiologii i Immunobiologii 10: 79-82
1984
ISSN/ISBN: 0372-9311 PMID: 6524170 Document Number: 228525
The qualitative and quantitative composition of the microflora of human milk has been studied. The dynamics of the occurrence of different microorganisms constituting the microflora at different periods of lactation has been established. The connection between the appearance of septic purulent infections in infants and the microbial contamination of milk has been revealed. The presence of Staphylococcus aureus in human milk in an amount of 500 microbial cells/ml has been found to constitute no menace to healthy infants.