[Results of mycologic studies of donated breast milk]. / Ergebnisse mykologischer Untersuchungen gespendeter Frauenmilch.
Kinderarztl Prax
; 59(3): 77-80, 1991 Mar.
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ABSTRACT
From 1968 to 1989 altogether 37,000 specimens of donated and collected mother's milk were mycologically examined by means of a liquid medium (twofold concentrated Raulin solution). The yearly incidence of Candida albicans varied between 8.5 and 5.2%. 25% respectively 14.8% of the donors (n = 60 respectively 813) had delivered milk to the human milk bank which was contaminated by Candida albicans. The mother's milk was primarily contaminated by the donor's own suckling baby. 92.3% of these infants were infected with Candida albicans in the mouth and/or rectum and/or on the skin. Candida albicans was also detected in 46.2% on the nipples of the mothers. It is recommended to transport donated mother's milk at temperatures of 4-8 degrees C and to store the milk at -20 degrees C until the mycological examination is finished to exclude samples contaminated by Candida albicans. Judging our experience donated human milk to be fed in raw state should be regularly controlled mycologically. If the donated milk contains Candida albicans, the donation of milk should be interrupted and an antifungal treatment of the donor and her baby should be performed.
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Assunto principal:
Candida albicans
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Microbiologia de Alimentos
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Leite Humano
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Kinderarztl Prax
Ano de publicação:
1991
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