Two cases of hemorrhagic diarrhea caused by cronobacter sakazakii in hospitalized nursing infants associated with the consumption of powdered infant formula

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 74, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2177-2181

  Flores, J Parra ^a,b   Medrano, S Arvizu ^a   Sánchez, J Silva ^c   Ndez Escartín, E Ferná ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE QUERÉTARO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL BÍO BÍO   (Chile)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BABY FOOD; CASE REPORT; CRONOBACTER SAKAZAKII; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; FECES; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GASTROENTERITIS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY;

CRONOBACTER SAKAZAKII; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FECES; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GASTROENTERITIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT FORMULA; MALE;

EID: 82955180291     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-11-257     Document Type: Article

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