Observational studyNutrients2018
Nutrition of Preterm Infants and Raw Breast Milk-Acquired Cytomegalovirus Infection: French National Audit of Clinical Practices and Diagnostic Approach.
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- Incidence of Postnatal CMV Infection among Breastfed Preterm Infants: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Journal of Korean medical science · 2021Pooled it
- Postnatally Acquired Neonatal CMV Infection in Preterm Infants: From a Case Series to a Narrative Review of the Literature.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Clinical Presentation of Postnatally Acquired Cytomegalovirus Infection in Preterm Infants-A Case Series Report.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Breast milk-acquired cytomegalovirus (aCMV) infection with sepsis-like syndrome in extremely preterm twins.IDCases · 2025Article
- Clinical Manifestation of Cytomegalovirus-Associated Protein-Losing Enteropathy in Children.Nutrients · 2023Article
- Optimizing Early Neonatal Nutrition and Dietary Pattern in Premature Infants.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Review
- Review
- Impact of breast milk-acquired cytomegalovirus infection in premature infants: Pathogenesis, prevention, and clinical consequences?Reviews in medical virology · 2020Review
- Challenges and Clinical Implications of the Diagnosis of Cytomegalovirus Lung Infection in Children.Current infectious disease reports · 2019Review
- Breastfeeding and Human Lactation.Nutrients · 2019Article
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Abstract
Raw breast milk is the optimal nutrition for infants, but it is also the primary cause of acquired cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection. Thus, many countries have chosen to contraindicate to feed raw breast milk preterm infants from CMV-positive mothers before a corrected age of 32 weeks or under a weight of 1500 g. French national recommendations have not been updated since 2005. An audit of the French practices regarding the nutrition with raw breast milk in preterm infants was carried out using a questionnaire sent to all neonatal care units. Diagnosed postnatal milk-acquired CMV infections have been analysed using hospitalisation reports. Seventy-five percent of the neonatal units responded: 24% complied with the French recommendations, 20% contraindicated raw breast milk to all infants before 32 weeks regardless of the mothers' CMV-status, whereas 25% fed all preterm infants unconditionally with raw breast milk. Thirty-five cases of infants with milk-acquired CMV infections have been reported. The diagnosis was undeniable for five patients. In France, a high heterogeneity marks medical practices concerning the use of raw breast milk and the diagnostic approach for breast milk-acquired CMV infection is often incomplete. In this context, updated national recommendations and monitored CMV infections are urgently needed.
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