Expert: Dr Kondekar Santosh Venketraman Pediatrician MD, Mumbai India, Online Pediatrician - 7/23/2007

Question
I am a new mom.  I have had a uti for approximately 2 months.  My breastfed daughter, 3 months old, now has a uti.  I understand these are very rare in girls under 1 year old.  We both had e coli in our urine.  Could I have passed it to her via breastmilk, or is this just a coincidence?  I realize I probably passed on an anatomical problem at the vesicoureteral junction that predisposes us both to uti's, but the timing of her uti seemed strange, since I have one too.  (I've been on three courses of antibiotics without improvement; hers resolved with suprax.)

Answer
I have had a uti for approximately 2 months.
====== well compelte a 10 day course with an antibiotic under doc supervision.

 My breastfed daughter, 3 months old, now has a uti.
========== if it is proven , it can be due to having the area wet often withw et clothes and / or contamination by your hands/ washed/ unwashed.

 I understand these are very rare in girls under 1 year old.
====== noty rare, uncommon.

We both had e coli in our urine.  Could I have passed it to her via breastmilk, or is this just a coincidence?
======= not via breats milk, but by contamination of hands/clthes/towels /hankies /soaps etc

I realize I probably passed on an anatomical problem at the vesicoureteral junction that predisposes us both to uti's,
======== that will be decided only by an expert after detailed evaluation, but such chance is very rare.

but the timing of her uti seemed strange, since I have one too.  (I've been on three courses of antibiotics without improvement; hers resolved with suprax.)
====== well you may need to tell me about your so called anatomical problem.

a consultation with urologist is highly recommended .

thanks

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