Preliminary study of certain serotypes, genetic and antimicrobial resistance profiles of verotoxigenic Escherichia coli (VTEC) isolated in Bosnia and Germany from cattle or pigs and their products

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 185-191

  von Müffling, Theda ^a   Smaijlovic, Muhamed ^b   Nowak, Bernhard ^a   Sammet, Katharina ^a   Bülte, Michael ^c   Klein, Günter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SARAJEVO   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Beef; Cattle; Genes; Pigs; Pork; Serotypes; VTEC

Indexed keywords

APRAMYCIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFTIOFUR; CHLORTETRACYCLINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ENROFLOXACIN; FLORFENICOL; GENTAMICIN; NEOMYCIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; SPECTINOMYCIN; SULFONAMIDE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GERMANY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; SEROTYPE; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA; CATTLE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GERMANY; HUMANS; MEAT; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHYLOGENY; SEROTYPING; SWINE;

BOS; BOVINAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 34249337753     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2006.08.003     Document Type: Article

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