Cytomegalovirus infection in preterm triplets transmitted via breast milk.

J Trop Pediatr

Division of Neonatology, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Samsun Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Samsun, Turkey.

Published: April 2014

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) may transmit perinatally or from breast milk. The risk for development of symptomatic CMV disease in very-low-birth-weight premature infants after transmission from maternal breast milk is not clear. There are scarce data in the literature about congenital CMV infection in multiple pregnancies, being mostly with twin gestations. Here we present a unique case of triplets with CMV infection transmitted via breast milk.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/tropej/fmt087DOI Listing

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