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. 2011 Sep;17(9):1713-5.
doi: 10.3201/eid1709.110260.

Predominance of Cronobacter sakazakii sequence type 4 in neonatal infections

Susan Joseph  1 , Stephen J Forsythe
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Predominance of Cronobacter sakazakii sequence type 4 in neonatal infections

Susan Joseph et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Sep.

Abstract

A 7-loci (3,036 nt) multilocus sequence typing scheme was applied to 41 clinical isolates of Cronobacter sakazakii. Half (20/41) of the C. sakazakii strains were sequence type (ST) 4, and 9/12 meningitis isolates were ST4. C. sakazakii ST4 appears to be a highly stable clone with a high propensity for neonatal meningitis.

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