Freeze-thawing of breast milk does not prevent cytomegalovirus transmission to a preterm infant
- 12 April 2006
- journal article
- case report
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal & Neonatal
- Vol. 91 (4) , F288-F290
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.2004.050625
Abstract
Freezing human milk is recommended to inactivate cytomegalovirus (CMV). A case of a preterm infant exclusively receiving frozen breast milk from his CMV seropositive mother showed that storage of breast milk for two months at −20°C did not prevent symptomatic postnatal CMV infection.Keywords
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