Stress resistance, detection and disinfection of Cronobacter spp. in dairy products: A review

Cronobacter is a group of opportunistic pathogen responsible for necrotizing enterocolitis, meningitis and septicaemia especially to infant and neonate, with high lethality ranging in 40%–80%. Some of them are able to survive in infant milk formula and still possesses capability of pathogenicity and virulence, biofilm formation, and high resistance to elevated osmotic pressure, low pH, heat, oxidation and desiccation. The genus Cronobacter...