A term female infant developed late onset group B streptococcal disease on Day 12 of life. The source of the organism appeared to be expressed maternal breast milk in the absence of clinical mastitis. Asymptomatic excretion of group B Streptococcus in breast milk may be an underrecognized cause of neonatal infection.
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