The prevalence of and resistance to antimicrobial agents of Bacillus cereus isolates from foodstuffs

Veterinarni Medicina

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 331-338

  Schlegelova, Jarmila ^a   Brychta, J ^b   Klimoa, E ^b   Napravnikova, E ^c   Babak, V ^a  

^a VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^b State Veterinary Institute   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Acquired resistance; Food safety; Pathogenic microorganisms

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALOTIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; NEOMYCIN; NORFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULBACTAM; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BUTTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY PRODUCT; FAT CONTENT; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEATING; MEAT; MILK; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0346340947     PISSN: 03758427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/5787-VETMED     Document Type: Article

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