Antimicrobial susceptibility of Enterobacteriaceae isolated from vegetables

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 503-509

  Österblad, Monica ^a   Pensala, Olli ^b   Peterzéns, Margareta ^b   Heleniusc, Hans ^c   Huovinen, Pentti ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b Finnish Customs Laboratory   (Finland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES MICROFLORA; FINLAND; FOOD CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VEGETABLE;

EID: 0032931877     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/43.4.503     Document Type: Article

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