1. Fatal Cronobacter sakazakii Sequence Type 494 Meningitis in a Newborn, Brazil.
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Chaves, Cláudia Elizabeth Volpe, Brandão, Marcelo Luiz Lima, Gonçalves, Mara Luci, Lacerda, Galiz, Coelho Rocha, Caroline Aparecida Barbosa, do Valle Leone de Oliveira, Sandra Maria, Parpinelli, Tânia Cristina, Vasconcellos, Luiza, Forsythe, Stephen James, Paniago, Anamaria Mello Miranda, Lacerda, Mara Luci Gonçalves Galiz, Rocha, Caroline Aparecida Barbosa Coelho, and Leone de Oliveira, Sandra Maria do Valle
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INFLUENZA vaccines ,VACCINE effectiveness ,CRONOBACTER ,INFANT diseases ,ENTEROBACTER sakazakii - Abstract
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 could not identify the source of contamination. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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