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Genomic dissection of the 1994 Cronobacter sakazakii outbreak in a French neonatal intensive care unit.
BMC genomics - 5 Oct 2015
Masood Naqash, Moore Karen, Farbos Audrey, Paszkiewicz Konrad, Dickins Ben, McNally Alan, Forsythe Stephen
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BACKGROUND: Cronobacter sakazakii is a member of the genus Cronobacter that has frequently been isolated from powdered infant formula (PIF) and linked with rare but fatal neonatal infections such as meningitis and necrotising enterocolitis. The Cronobacter MLST scheme has reported over 400 sequence types and 42 clonal complexes; however C. sakazakii clonal complex 4 (CC4) has been linked strongly with neonatal...
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