Question 229 · LEK · Puerperium

A contraindication to breastfeeding is not:

  1. A. HIV infection.
  2. B. breast cancer.
  3. C. severe mental disorder.
  4. D. mother's use of semisynthetic penicillin.
  5. E. acute heart failure.
Hint

Separate serious maternal diseases and infections from a commonly used antibiotic class that passes into milk only in harmless amounts.

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