Prevalence and resistance to antibiotics for Aeromonas species from retail fish in Malaysia

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 261-266

  Radu, Son ^a   Ahmad, Noorlis ^a   Ling, Foo Hooi ^a   Reezal, Abdul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Aeromonas; Antibiotic; Fish; Hemolytic; Plasmid

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME ARGININE;

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AEROMONAS SOBRIA; AEROMONAS VERONII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; HEMOLYSIS; MALAYSIA; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; SAMPLING;

AEROMONAS; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FISHES; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HEMOLYSIS; MALAYSIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMIDS; SEAFOOD;

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AEROMONAS VERONII;

EID: 0037465613     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1605(02)00228-3     Document Type: Article

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