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Data on life sciences discussed by researchers at University of Caen
August 26th, 2008
"Enterobacter sakazakii is an emerging food-borne pathogen that can cause rare but severe neonatal meningitis, bacteraemia and necrotizing enterocolitis. Contaminated powder infant formulae (PIF) have been identified as one of various infection routes," scientists writing in the Journal of Applied Microbiology report. "In this study, E. sakazakii was monitored in the processing environment of a PIF factory to identify possible dissemination routes. The BOX-polymerase chain reaction (PCR), a fingerprinting technique which targets the repetitive BOX sequences, was used in routine to identify points of contamination and investigate clonal persistence. Two hundred E....
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-08-26)
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