Volume 12, Number 8—August 2006
Synopsis
Invasive Enterobacter sakazakii Disease in Infants
Table 1
Cases of invasive Enterobacter sakazakii disease among infants
Year of report | Location | No. cases | Reference |
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1961 | England | 2 | (15) |
1965 | Denmark | 1 | (5) |
1979 | Georgia, USA | 1 | (7) |
1981 | Indiana, USA | 1 | (16) |
Oklahoma, USA | 1 | ||
1983 | Netherlands | 8 | (8) |
1985 | Missouri, USA | 1 | (17) |
1988 | USA | 2 | |
1989 | Portugal | 1 | (18) |
Iceland | 3 | (3) | |
Tennessee, USA | 3 | (10) | |
1990 | Maryland, USA | 1 | (19) |
1991 | Ohio, USA | 1 | (20) |
2000 | North Carolina, USA | 1 | |
2001 | Israel | 2 | (2,4) |
Belgium | 1 | (9) | |
2002 | Israel | 2 | (4) |
Tennessee, USA | 1 | (1) | |
Wisconsin, USA | 1 | CDC, unpub. data | |
2003 | USA | 6 | CDC, unpub. data |
2004 | France | 2 | (14) |
USA | 2 | CDC, unpub. data | |
2005 | USA | 2 | CDC, unpub. data |
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