RESUMO
In Bogotá, Colombia, a large number of babies are fed with breast milk substitutes made from corn and plantain starch. We found 34.3% of tested samples to be contaminated with Cronobacter spp.; C. sakazakii was the most recovered species. Our findings underscore the risk for contamination of breast milk substitutes.
Assuntos
Cronobacter , Contaminação de Alimentos , Microbiologia de Alimentos , Doenças Transmitidas por Alimentos/epidemiologia , Doenças Transmitidas por Alimentos/microbiologia , Substitutos do Leite , Colômbia/epidemiologia , Cronobacter/classificação , Cronobacter/genética , Cronobacter/isolamento & purificação , Humanos , Vigilância em Saúde PúblicaRESUMO
En Bogotá Colombia, un gran número de bebés son alimentados con sustitutos de la leche materna elaborados con almidón de maíz y plátano. Encontramos que el 34.3% de las muestras analizadas estaban contaminadas con Cronobacter spp, ; C.sakazakii fue la especie más recuperada. Estos hallazgos subrayan el riesgo de contaminación de los sustitutos de la leche materna
In Bogotá, Colombia, a large number of babies are fed with breast milk substitutes made from corn and plantain starch. We found 34.3% of tested samples to be contaminated with Cronobacter spp.; C. sakazakii was the most recovered species. Our findings underscore the risk for contamination of breast milk substitutes.