Cronobacter spp. - Opportunistic food-borne pathogens. A review of their virulence and environmental-adaptive traits

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue PART 8, 2014, Pages 1023-1037

  Jaradat, Ziad W ^a   Al Mousa, Waseem ^a   Elbetieha, Ahmed ^a   Al Nabulsi, Anas ^a   Tall, Ben D ^b  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CRONOBACTER; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84905175338     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.073742-0     Document Type: Review

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