Isolation of Enterobacter sakazakii from ass' milk in Sicily: Case report, safety and legal issues

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 250-252

  Conte, F ^a   Passantino, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ass milk; Enterobacter sakazakii; European legislation; Food safety; Infant

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CARBENICILLIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLOXACILLIN; COLISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FRAMYCETIN; GENTAMICIN; JOSAMYCIN; NEOMYCIN; NETILMICIN; OLEANDOMYCIN; PIPERACILLIN; POLYMYXIN B; RIFAMPICIN; SPIRAMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAFURAZOLE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER SAKAZAKII; FOOD CONTAMINATION; ITALY; LEGAL ASPECT; MILK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ENTEROBACTER SAKAZAKII; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; EQUIDAE; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INFANT; LEGISLATION, FOOD; MILK; SAFETY; SICILY;

EID: 45049086670     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2008.01.003     Document Type: Article

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