These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Herpes simplex of the nipple: infant-to-mother transmission.
    Author: Sealander JY, Kerr CP.
    Journal: Am Fam Physician; 1989 Mar; 39(3):111-3. PubMed ID: 2923026.
    Abstract:
    Intrafamilial spread of herpes simplex is a recognized problem. A case is presented in which a 15-month-old child was infected by a five-year-old sibling with presumed gingivostomatitis. The young child then transmitted symptomatic herpes infection to both maternal nipples during breast feeding. Although mouth-to-breast transmission of herpes simplex virus may be rare, it is appropriate to advise breast-feeding mothers of children with herpes gingivostomatitis of this possibility.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]