Isolation, Identification and Growth of Enterobacter sakazakii in Powdered Infant Formula Milk

Powdered infant formula and fatal infection with Enterobacter sakazakii.

Enterobacter sakazakii: an emerging pathogen in powdered infant formula.

Enterobacter sakazakii represents a significant risk to the health of neonates. This bacterium is an emerging opportunistic pathogen that is associated with rare but life-threatening cases of meningitis, necrotizing enterocolitis, and sepsis in premature and full-term infants. Infants aged <28 days are considered to be most at risk. Feeding with powdered infant formula (PIF) has been epidemiolo...

Powder infant formula milk contaminated with Enterobacter sakazakii.

To clarify the route and source of Enterobacter sakazakii infection in a basic study, we analyzed powder infant formula milk (PIF), which may be an important source of infantile infection, regarding contamination with Enterobacteriaceae including this type of bacteria, and conducted drug sensitivity tests with various antimicrobial agents. Enterobacteriaceae was isolated 36 (24.2%) of 149 PIF s...

Time-temperature Profiles of Infant Milk Formula in Hospitals and Analysis of Enterobacter Sakazakii Growth

Agence Française de Sécurité Sanitaire des Aliments, LERQAP, 23 av. du Général de Gaulle, 94709 Maisons-Alfort cedex,France Abstract The purpose of this study was to assess the temperature conditions in neonatal care units for the preparation and storage of infant milk formula (IMF) and infant feeding using bottles and continuous feeding syringes. Enterobacter sakazakii in IMF for feeding infan...

Thermal Resistance, Survival and Inactivation of Enterobacter Sakazakii (cronobacter Spp.) in Powdered and Reconstituted Infant Formula

Enterobacter sakazakii has recently been recognized as an opportunistic foodborne pathogen, and dry infant formula serves as the mode of transmission. The objectives of this study were to investigate the heat resistance, survival and inactivation under room and refrigeration temperatures storage of dry and reconstituted infant formula milk (IFM). E. sakazakii strains (eight strains) showed a wi...