Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Kocatepe Veterinary Journal, cilt.13, sa.1, ss.69-76, 2020 (Hakemli Dergi)
In this study, it is aimed to make meta-analysis of the prevalence of Cronobacter sakazakii in various foodsconsumed in Turkey. The prevalences of C. sakazakii detected in the different independent studies werecombined to provide a common prevalence estimate and heterogeneities between studies were investigated. Thestudy material consisted of 22 studies investigating C. sakazakii prevalence in a total of 2463 food samplesincluded infant formula, infant formula ingredients, milk and dairy products and meat and meat products betweenthe years 1997-2019 was carried out in Turkey. As a result of the meta-analysis, the common prevalence of C.sakazakii was detected as (%95 Confidence Interval; 0.021-0.044) for all studies. In the evaluated studies, infantformula, infant formula ingredients, milk and dairy products and meat and meat products were identified as subgroups due to sufficient prevalence data and meta-regression analysis was applied between sub-groups.Accordingly, the prevalence of C. sakazakii in infant formula, infant formula ingredients, milk and dairy productsand meat and meat products were determined as 0.01 (0.00-0.01), 0.11 (0.04-0.18), 0.05 (0.02-0.08) and 0.03 (0.00-0.06) in Turkey, respectively. Heterogeneities due to sampling size of studies on the presence of C. sakazakii infoods consumed in Turkey were corrected and main prevalence of the pathogen in Turkey is calculated. Thestudy concluded that the pathogen is epidemiologically important and effective implementation of food safetymanagement systems in the food production chain is necessary for public health.