Septicemia caused by contaminated parenteral nutrition pouches: the refrigerator as an unusual cause.

Eleven patients in a hospital presented with septicemia caused by Enterobacter cloacae. The origin was the contamination of parenteral nutrition admixture from a resting place in the refrigerator of the parenteral mixture preparation room.

[Development of maternal milk flora during continuous enteral feeding of premature infants]. / Evolution de la flore du lait maternel durant l'alimentation entérale continue du prématuré.

Unheated breast milk constitutes the main element in the premature infant's nutrition. However, it contains bacterial flora which is possibly responsible for infant pathologies. The authors find a considerable increase in the bacterial population during continuous drip-feeding of the premature infant. Aerobic flora present in the syringe are increased by 2.2 and coliforms by 28.5, sometimes resulting in highly contaminated milk at the end of the continuous drip-feeding period. To ensure bacteriological security a reduction in microbial count at the beginning of continuous enteral nutrition is necessary, without affecting the nutritive and immunological properties of breast milk.