Exposure of Salmonella Enteritidis to chlorine or food preservatives increases susceptibility to antibiotics

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 220, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 181-186

  Potenski, Catherine J ^a   Gandhi, Megha ^a   Matthews, Karl R ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorine; Multiple antibiotic resistance; Preservative; Salmonella Enteritidis

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BENZOIC ACID; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHLORINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; FOOD PRESERVATIVE; NALIDIXIC ACID; SODIUM NITRITE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; WILD TYPE;

SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS;

EID: 0037470913     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00099-5     Document Type: Article

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