Volume 19, Number 1—January 2013
Letter
Cronobacter Infections Not from Infant Formula, Taiwan
Hsih-Yeh Tsai, Chun-Hsing Liao, Yu-Tsung Huang, Ping-Ing Lee, and Po-Ren Hsueh
Table
Characteristics of 5 patients with Cronobacter sakazakii infections, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan, 2002–2011*
| Patient age/sex | Year of diagnosis | Underlying medical conditions | Clinical presentation | Infection type | Outcome | Isolation site | Isolate GenBank accession no. | Isolate serogroup |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 77 y/M | 2002 | Laryngeal cancer, diabetes mellitus, pulmonary tuberculosis | Cardiac arrest at arrival at emergency department | Primary bacteremia | Died | Blood | FJ947061.1 | O1 |
| 72 y/M | 2002 | Gastric cancer | Fever | Primary bacteremia | Survived | Blood | JF330153.1 | NT |
| 2 mo/M | 2005 | Congenital heart disease | Fever | Pneumonia | Survived | Sputum | F330133.1 | O1 |
| 37 y/M | 2008 | None | Abdominal pain | Acute cholecystitis | Survived | Bile | JF330153.1 | NT |
| 64 y/F | 2011 | Breast cancer | Hemoptysis | Pneumonia | Survived | Sputum | GU727684.1 | NT |
*All isolates were identified as C. sakazakii I (99% identity) by 16S sequencing. NT, not typeable (not serogroups O1, O2, or O3).
