Table 1. Effectiveness of disinfectant I and II treatment for inactivating E. sakazakii (Cronobacter spp.) in water after 10 min exposure (Unit: log 10 CFU/mL)

Strain No. of E. sakazakii (Cronobacter spp.) Source Inoculation volume Control Disinfectant I (ppm) Disinfectant II (ppm) Type of isolates
Water 1,000 200 100 50 10 200 50 10 5 1
2.82 UGA 6.0 5.7 - - 5.8 5.8 5.6 - - - 4.0 5.2 Clinical isolates (9)
2.81 UGA 6.4 6.3 - - 6.2 6.1 6.1 - - - 3.7 5.8
2.83 UGA 5.6 5.6 - - 5.0 4.9 5.3 - - - - 5.3
2.84 UGA 6.2 6.0 - - 3.9 5.4 6.0 - - - 1.8 5.9
2.41 UGA 5.8 5.8 - - 2.0 4.5 5.8 - - - 2.8 5.7
2.40 UGA 6.1 5.8 - - - - 3.8 - - - - 1.6
2.39 UGA 6.1 5.9 - - - - 5.6 - - - - 3.6
1.91 UGA 6.0 6.0 - - - - 6.0 - - - - 3.3
2.80 UGA 6.9 6.0 - - 2.9 6.0 5.8 - - - 4.1 5.9
FSM 298 NRC 6.2 6.1 - - 6.1 6.2 6.0 - - - 3.1 6.1 Environmental isolates (49)
FSM 261 NRC 6.2 6.1 - - - - 4.2 - - - - 4.5
FSM 274 NRC 5.0 4.6 - - - - 3.2 - - - - 2.5
FSM 145 UGA 6.1 5.9 - - - - 5.9 - - - - 4.7
FSM 294 NRC 6.2 6.1 - - - - 6.0 - - - - 3.1
FSM 273 NRC 5.7 5.7 - - - - 5.6 - - - - 3.3
FSM 292 NRC 5.9 5.9 - - - - 5.9 - - - - 3.3
FSM 306 NRC 4.8 4.8 - - - - 4.9 - - - - 1.9
FSM 265 NRC 5.6 5.9 - - - - 5.8 - - - - 4.2
FSM 275 NRC 5.8 5.8 - - - - 5.7 - - - - 3.2
5 UGA 6.0 5.9 - - - - 6.0 - - - - 1.0
3 UGA 5.6 5.8 - - - - 5.7 - - - - -
2 UGA 5.8 6.0 - - - - 5.9 - - - - 2.9
1 UGA 5.9 6.1 - - - - 5.9 - - - - 6.0
7 UGA 5.8 6.2 - - - - 6.0 - - - - 3.2
6 UGA 5.2 5.4 - - - - 5.3 - - - - 2.2
2.44 UGA 5.3 5.3 - - - - 5.2 - - - - 1.4
2.43 UGA 5.7 5.7 - - - - 5.9 - - - - 3.8
FSM 262 NRC 5.9 6.0 - - - - 5.9 - - - - 3.2
FSM 270 NRC 6.0 5.9 - - - - 5.9 - - - - 3.7
FSM 271 NRC 5.9 6.0 - - - - 6.0 - - - - 4.1
FSM 272 NRC 5.8 5.8 - - - - 5.8 - - - - 4.0
FSM 287 NRC 5.8 5.6 - - - - 5.6 - - - - 3.7
FSM 290 NRC 6.1 6.1 - - - - 6.0 - - - - 3.7
FSM 302 NRC 5.7 5.6 - - - - 5.7 - - - - 5.3
FSM 295 NRC 6.6 5.7 - - - - 5.7 - - - - 4.9
FSM 293 NRC 5.8 5.5 - - - - 5.6 - - - - 3.3
FSM 297 NRC 6.1 5.9 - - - - 5.9 - - - - 3.9
FSM 299 NRC 6.2 6.2 - - - - 6.1 - - - - 3.4
FSM 303 NRC 6.0 5.8 - - - - 5.8 - - - - 3.2
FSM 318 NRC 6.1 6.0 - - - - 6.0 - - - - 3.1
FSM 321 NRC 5.9 5.9 - - - - 5.8 - - - - 5.5
FSM 323 NRC 6.0 5.8 - - - - 5.8 - - - - 3.0
2.42 UGA 6.6 6.2 - - - - 6.2 - - - - 2.7
2.45 UGA 6.2 6.0 - - - - 5.8 - - - - 1.8
2.46 UGA 6.0 5.5 - - - - 5.5 - - - - 1.0
2.47 UGA 6.7 6.2 - - - - 6.3 - - - - 2.1
2.68 UGA 6.7 6.3 - - - - 5.7 - - - - 2.9
2.69 UGA 6.2 6.1 - - - - 6.0 - - - - 3.2
2.70 UGA 6.3 5.6 - - - - 5.9 - - - - 3.8
2.71 UGA 6.8 6.3 - - - - 6.4 - - - - 3.5
2.72 UGA 6.4 5.8 - - - - 5.7 - - - - 2.5
2.73 UGA 6.3 6.0 - - - - 6.2 - - - - 5.8
2.74 UGA 6.4 6.1 - - - - 6.1 - - - - 2.4
2.75 UGA 4.5 4.0 - - - - 4.1 - - - - -
2.76 UGA 6.2 5.6 - - - - 5.7 - - - - 4.4
2.77 UGA 5.9 5.6 - - - - 5.7 - - - - 3.1
2.78 UGA 5.9 5.8 - - - - 5.7 - - - - 2.5
2.79 UGA 6.2 5.9 - - - - 5.8 - - - - 2.6
Disinfectant I contained 6.15% sodium hypochlorite.
Disinfectant II contained both 2.25% n-alkyl dimethylbenzyl ammonium chloride and 2.25% n-alkyl ethylbenzyl ammonium chloride.
UGA, Dr. Jeffrey Kornacki, University of Georgia, Athens, GA; NRC, Dr. John Marugg, Nestle Research Center, Lausanne, Switwerland.