E. sakazakii used to be previously known as a “yellow pigmented Enterobacter cloacae”, until 1980. E. sakazakii was first defined as a novel species in 1980, when it was introduced as a new ...

Background and epidemiology: The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently reported an outbreak of Enterobacter sakazakii infection associated with the use of powdered infant formula in a ...

Enterobacter sakazakii, a potential foodborne pathogen, has been linked to outbreaks of illness in new-born and premature babies and contamination of infant formulae has been suggested as a source of ...

Study suggests widespread environmental presence of Enterobacter sakazakii. NB. Please note that if you are outside North America, the embargo for Lancet press material is 0001 hours UK Time 2 ...

DuPont Qualicon has a new addition to its BAX system line of diagnostic tests - the BAX system PCR assay for detecting Enterobacter sakazakii in infant formula, dry dairy and soy ingredients.

Enterobacter sakazakii has been implicated in only 60 reported cases of severe infection worldwide, ... E. sakazakii was found in 9 percent up to 44 percent of the samples from each of these sites.

Historically, only approximately 30 percent of Cronobacter sakazakii cases involving invasive illness in infants in the US have been linked to contaminated powdered infant formula. Yet, in those ...

Cronobacter sakazakii, once known as Enterobacter sakazakii, is a bacteria found in powdered infant formula as well as in plant material and the environment, according to CDC.

Although relatively few cases of Enterobacter sakazakii have been seen worldwide so far, it is seen as a possible "emerging infection" by health experts, possibly causing a far more serious problem in ...

This group describes 46 cases of invasive infant E. sakazakii, a rare cause of bloodstream and central nervous system infections, to define risk factors and guide prevention and treatment.

They fed him Similac and Enfamil from then on, and on July 2 he was hospitalized in intensive care with meningitis from Enterobacter sakazakii, which the parents say he contracted from one of the ...

Enterobacter sakazakii has been detected in other types of food, but only powdered infant formula has been linked to outbreaks of disease. So the recalls were precautionary.