Cronobacter sakazakii ST4 strains and neonatal meningitis, United States

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 175-177

  Hariri, Sumyya ^a   Joseph, Susan ^a   Forsythe, Stephen J ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL MILK; BRAIN DAMAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CRONOBACTER MALONATICUS; CRONOBACTER SAKAZAKII; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; LETTER; MENINGITIS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; UNITED STATES;

CRONOBACTER SAKAZAKII; DATABASES, GENETIC; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNET; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; UNITED STATES; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84871630627     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1901.120649     Document Type: Letter

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