Human Milk Contaminated With Salmonella kottbus

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Abstract
Human milk contaminated withSalmonella kottbuscaused an outbreak of illness in seven of 22 infants in a neonatal intensive care unit. A case-control investigation failed to identify any risk factor except consumption of milk from a single donor, whose milk was subsequently found to be contaminated withS kottbus. Collection of human milk from properly instructed donors screened for microbiological pathogens, refrigeration of this milk at 1 to 5 °C after collection, and controlled distribution by a milk bank should minimize the few hazards associated with its consumption. (JAMA238:1533-1534, 1977)