Abstract
E. sakazakii can be found in milk powder and can cause severe neonatal infections. In the Netherlands a cluster of E. sakazakii-meningitis has been described in 1981 in which E. sakazakii was cultured both from baby-food and a washing-up brush. In this study, the isolated E. sakazakii strains from this cluster were genetically characterized by pulsed-field gel electroforese (PFGE). The isolates from both the patients and the brush were found to be identical. These results suggest an oral transmission route of E. sakazakii which confirms previous data described in the literature. In the case of E. sakazakii infection, an oral transmission should therefore be taken into account.
| Translated title of the contribution | Genetic characterization of Enterobacter sakazakii isolated from Dutch patients with neonatal meningitis |
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| Original language | Dutch |
| Pages (from-to) | 113-115 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Medische Microbiologie |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| Publication status | Published - 1998 |
| Externally published | Yes |