Prevention of invasive Cronobacter infections in young infants fed powdered infant formulas

Pediatrics

Volumn 130, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Jason, Janine ^a  

^a Jason and Jarvis Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Cronobacter; Infant formula; Neonatal infection; Sakazakii

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BREAST MILK; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; CRONOBACTER; CRONOBACTER INFECTION; FOOD PACKAGING; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGITIS; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; POWDERED INFANT FORMULA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READY TO FEED FORMULA; SOYBEAN MILK;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; CRONOBACTER; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; POWDERS;

EID: 84868623724     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-3855     Document Type: Article

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