Cronobacter ('enterobacter sakazakii'): Current status and future prospects

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 153-159

  Chenu, J W ^a   Cox, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cronobacter; Enterobacter sakazakii; Infant formula; Meningitis; Necrotizing enterocolitis

Indexed keywords

DAIRY PRODUCTS; HEALTH; POWDERS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

CRONOBACTER; ENTEROBACTER SAKAZAKII; INFANT FORMULA; MENINGITIS; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS;

HEALTH RISKS;

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GENTAMICIN;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH RISK; INFANT FEEDING; MENINGITIS; MILK PRODUCTION; PATHOGEN;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENTEROBACTER SAKAZAKII; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; RISK FACTOR;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER SAKAZAKII;

EID: 68349113683     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2009.02651.x     Document Type: Article

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