Keywords
infant food
antibiogram
PCR
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Abstract
Cronobacter spp. emerged as a microbiological hazard in powdered infant formulas (PIF) causing severe infections in newborns. However, among these patients many of them had not ingested PIF indicating that other foods categories might be as the pathogen vehicle. This study aimed at investigating Cronobacter spp. in infant foods, identifying the species and evaluating the antimicrobial susceptibility profile of the isolated strains. Forty-seven samples of precooked grain-based cereals, corn starch and milk flours were analyzed. The microbiological analysis was performed with pre-enrichment in buffered peptone water, followed by selective-enrichment in Cronobacter Screening Broth, isolation in Enterobacter sakazakii Isolation Agar and identification in Vitek 2.0. The identification of species was performed by polymerase chain reaction targeting rpoB and cgaA genes. The antibiogram was carried out using the agar diffusion method (Kirby-Bauer). Cronobacter spp. was identified in 11 samples (23.4 %). Eight strains were identified as C. sakazakii (72.7 %), two as C. malonaticus (18.2 %) and one as C. dublinensis (9.1 %). Only one C. malonaticus strain showed an intermediate resistance to ciprofloxacin. The evaluated samples produced for infant feeding might cause hazard when ingested by patients belonging to the risk group as newborns and elderly.
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