High prevalence of multiple resistance to antibiotics in 144 Listeria isolates from Spanish dairy and meat products

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 938-943

  Rota, Carmina ^a   Yangüela, Javier ^a   Blanco, Domingo ^a   Carramiñana, Juan J ^a   Ariño, Agustin ^a   Herrera, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; cheese; Listeria spp.; pork sausage

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAPRA HIRCUS; LISTERIA; LISTERIA INNOCUA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIA SEELIGERI; LISTERIA WELSHIMERI;

EID: 0029820212     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-59.9.938     Document Type: Article

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