First clinical isolates of Cronobacter spp. (Enterobacter sakazakii) in Argentina: characterization and subtyping by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis

Cronobacter species are opportunistic pathogens associated with severe infections in neonates and immunocompromised infants. From January 2009 through September 2010, two cases of neonatal infections associated with Cronobacter malonaticus and one case associated with Cronobacter sakazakii, two of t...

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Main Authors: Valeria C Asato, Viviana E Vilches, María G Pineda, Enrique Casanueva, Alejandro Cane, Mirian P Moroni, Silvina P Brengi, Mariana G Pichel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier España
Series:Revista Argentina de Microbiología
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0325-75412013000300005&lng=en&tlng=en