Powder infant formula milk contaminated with Enterobacter sakazakii

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 103-107

  Oonaka, Kenji ^a   Furuhata, Katsunori ^a   Hara, Motonobu ^b   Fukuyama, Masafumi ^a  

^a School of Life and Environmental Science   (Japan)

^b AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFOPERAZONE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOZOPRAN; CEFPIROME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LINCOMYCIN; MEROPENEM; MINOCYCLINE; PIPERACILLIN; RIFAMPICIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER SAKAZAKII; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; POWDER;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

EID: 77950641460     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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