Probable Transmission of Brucellosis by Breast Milk

Carrera, Ignacio Arroyo
López Rodríguez, María José
Sapiña, Ana Martínez
Lafuente, Amparo López
Sacristán, Ana Raquel Barrio

^aDepartment of Pediatrics, San Pedro de Alcántara Hospital, Extremadura Health Service, Cáceres, Spain
^bDepartment of Laboratory, San Pedro de Alcántara Hospital, Extremadura Health Service, Cáceres, Spain

Correspondence: Ignacio Arroyo Carrera, M.D. Servicio de Pediatría. Hospital San Pedro de Alcántara. Avda. Pablo Naranjo s/n. 10003 Cáceres. Spain. E-mail <[email protected]>.

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 52(5):p 380-381, October 2006.

Brucellosis is a zoonosis transmittable to humans. The transmission is mainly by consumption of unpasteurized milk or its products. Cases in the first year are very uncommon and other modes of transmission are responsible at this age. We report two children with brucellosis diagnosed at 7 and 2 months old where the probable way of transmission is the breast milk.