Fatal Cronobacter sakazakii Sequence Type 494 Meningitis in a Newborn, Brazil

Fatal Cronobacter sakazakii Sequence Type 494 Meningitis in a Newborn, Brazil

We describe a case of infection with Cronobacter sakazakii sequence type 494 causing bacteremia and meningitis in a hospitalized late premature infant in Brazil. We conducted microbiological analyses on samples of powdered infant formula from the same batch as formula ingested by the infant but coul...

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Main Authors: Cláudia Elizabeth Volpe Chaves, Marcelo Luiz Lima Brandão, Mara Luci Gonçalves Galiz Lacerda, Caroline Aparecida Barbosa Coelho Rocha, Sandra Maria do Valle Leone de Oliveira, Tânia Cristina Parpinelli, Luiza Vasconcellos, Stephen James Forsythe, Anamaria Mello Miranda Paniago
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018-10-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
infection
neonate
Cronobacter
epidemiology
bacteria
meningitis/encephalitis
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/10/18-0373_article

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https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/10/18-0373_article

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