Cronobacter, including C. sakazakii and C. malonaticus, in infants younger than 12 months of age (Reportable by telephone, facsimile, or electronically as soon as possible, within 24 hours)

Section 690.362  Cronobacter, including C. sakazakii and C. malonaticus, in infants younger than 12 months of age (Reportable by telephone, facsimile, or electronically as soon as possible, within 24 hours) a)         Control of Case No specific restrictions. b)         Control of Contacts No specific restrictions. c)         Laboratory Reporting 1)         Laboratories shall report to the local health authority patients younger than 12 months of age from whom Cronobacter spp. has been isolated in a clinical specimen. 2)         Laboratories shall forward to the Department's laboratory isolates from infants younger than 12 months of age from whom Cronobacter spp. has been isolated in a clinical specimen. 3)         Laboratories shall report and submit to the Department's laboratory any food or environmental samples resulting from a Cronobacter case investigation.