title: Predominance of Cronobacter sakazakii sequence type 4 in neonatal infections.
abstract: A 7-loci (3,036 nt) multilocus sequence typing scheme was applied to 41 clinical isolates of Cronobacter sakazakii. Half (20/41) of the C. sakazakii strains were sequence type (ST) 4, and 9/12 meningitis isolates were ST4. C. sakazakii ST4 appears to be a highly stable clone with a high propensity for neonatal meningitis.
authors: Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK.
authors: Susan
authors: S
authors: Joseph
authors: Stephen J
authors: SJ
authors: Forsythe
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D044083:Cronobacter sakazakii / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004756:Enterobacteriaceae Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology*; D058885:Multilocus Sequence Typing
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins