Antibiotic resistance of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and O157:NM isolated from animals, food, and humans

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1511-1514

  Meng, Jianghong ^a   Zhao, Shaohua ^b   Doyle, Michael P ^c   Joseph, Sam W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Kirkegaard and Perry Laboratories   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; FOOD SAFETY; KANAMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAFURAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; TICARCILLIN;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032211525     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-61.11.1511     Document Type: Article

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