Listeriosis associated with gorgonzola (Italian blue-veined cheese)

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 190-195

  Gianfranceschi, M ^a   D'Ottavio, M C ^a   Gattuso, A ^a   Pourshaban, M ^a   Bertoletti, I ^b   Bignazzi, R ^b   Manzoni, P ^c   Marchetti, M ^c   Aureli, P ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale   (Italy)

^c Local Health Care Centre   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; SULBACTAM; TOBRAMYCIN SULFATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; CHEESE; EDUCATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; ITALY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SEROTYPE;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHEESE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FATAL OUTCOME; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HUMANS; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 33745140215     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2006.3.190     Document Type: Article

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