Incidence of Cronobacter sakazakii in Powdered Infant Formula Milk Available in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Norrakiah Abdullah Sani, Masomeh Ghassem, Abdul Salam Babji, Uma Priya Kupusamy, Norizan Jaafar
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2014
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8145/1/06_Norrakiah_Abdullah.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8145/; http://www.ukm.my/jsm/
• Institution: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Enterobacter sakazakii previously known as ‘yellow-pigmented E. cloacae’ has been classified as a new genus ‘Cronobacter’ based on taxonomic analysis and geno-and phenotypic evaluation. This pathogenic organism has been associated with rare form of infant meningitis and necrotizing enterocolitis (NE...