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Phenotypic characterization of Cronobacter spp. strains isolated from foods and clinical specimens in Brazil.
Food research international (Ottawa, Ont.) - 1 Dec 2017
Umeda Natália Scudeller, de Filippis Ivano, Forsythe Stephen James, Brandão Marcelo Luiz Lima
Abstract excerpt
Several Cronobacter species are opportunistic pathogens that cause infections in humans. This study evaluated the phenotypic characteristics of 57 Cronobacter strains (C. sakazakii n=41, C. malonaticus n=10, C. dublinensis n=4, and C. muytjensii n=2) isolated from food (n=54) and clinical specimens (n=3) in Brazil. These strains included sequence types (ST): ST395-ST398, ST402, ST413 and ST433-ST439, isolated...
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