Cronobacter sakazakii (Enterobacter sakazakii): An Emerging Foodborne Pathogen

Authors

  • Md. Fakruddin Industrial Microbiology Laboratory, IFST, BCSIR, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Md. Mizanur Rahaman Department of Microbiology, University of Dhaka
  • Monzur Morshed Ahmed Industrial Microbiology Laboratory, IFST, BCSIR, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Md. Mahfujul Hoque Department of Microbiology, University of Dhaka

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7439/ijbar.v4i6.356

Abstract

Cronobacter sakazakii (Enterobacter sakazakii) is an emerging pathogen that causes necrotizing enterocolitis, sepsis, and meningitis. This bacterium is opportunistic pathogen and is linked with life-threatening infections in neonates and elderly persons. It is considered as ubiquitous organism and can be found in a broad range of foods and food ingredients and in water, in a variety of areas, including hospitals and houses though outbreaks most commonly associated with the ingestion of contaminated powdered infant formula (PIF). International Commission on Microbiological Specifications for Foods has ranked C. sakazakii a

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Published

2013-06-21

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Review Article

How to Cite

Cronobacter sakazakii (Enterobacter sakazakii): An Emerging Foodborne Pathogen. (2013). International Journal of Biomedical and Advance Research, 4(6), 349-359. https://doi.org/10.7439/ijbar.v4i6.356