Incidence of Cronobacter spp. Infections, United States, 2003–2009
Mary E. Patrick
, Barbara E. Mahon, Sharon A. Greene, Joshua Rounds, Alicia Cronquist, Katie Wymore, Effie Boothe, Sarah Lathrop, Amanda Palmer, and Anna Bowen
Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (M.E. Patrick, B.E. Mahon, S.A. Green, A. Bowen); Minnesota Department of Health, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA (J. Rounds); Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Denver, Colorado, USA (A. Cronquist); California Emerging Infections Program, Oakland, California, USA (K. Wymore); Tennessee Department of Health, Nashville, Tennessee, USA (E. Boothe); New Mexico Emerging Infections Program, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA (S. Lathrop); Maryland Department of Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA (A. Palmer)
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Figure 1
Figure 1. Isolations of Cronobacter spp., by specimen source and patient age group, Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet), 2003–2009. Data are based on a sample from laboratories in 6 states (California, Colorado, Maryland, Minnesota, New Mexico, and Tennessee) in the FoodNet catchment area and are reported for 535 of 544 patients (age information missing for 9 patients). Width of the column is proportional to the number of isolations. CSF, cerebrospinal fluid.
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