Comparison of the enterotoxigenic types, toxic shock syndrome toxin 1 (TSST-1) strains and antibiotic susceptibilities for enterotoxigenic Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from food and clinical samples

Food Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 33-41

  Tsen, H Y ^a   Yu, G K ^a   Wang, K C ^a   Wang, S J ^a   Chang, M Y ^a   Lin, L Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD SAFETY; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; METICILLIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; TOXIN ANALYSIS; VANCOMYCIN;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0032005624     PISSN: 07400020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/fmic.1997.0130     Document Type: Article

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