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<i>Cronobacter sakazakii</i>Sequence Type 4 in Neonatal Infections

Susan Joseph

Emerging infectious diseases · 2011 · 158 citations · 14 references

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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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