Risk factors in enterococci isolated from foods in Morocco: Determination of antimicrobial resistance and incidence of virulence traits

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2648-2652

  Valenzuela, Antonio Sánchez ^a   Omar, Nabil Ben ^a   Abriouel, Hikmate ^a   López, Rosario Lucas ^a   Ortega, Elena ^a   Cañamero, Magdalena Martínez ^a   Gálvez, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Enterococci; Food safety; Traditional foods; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIGEN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLLAGEN; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NITROFURANTOIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; SEX PHEROMONE; STREPTOMYCIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; DAIRY PRODUCT; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD QUALITY; MEAT; MOROCCO; NONHUMAN; RISK FACTOR; VEGETABLE; VIRULENCE;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROSS INFECTION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; MOROCCO; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM;

EID: 47149103248     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2008.04.021     Document Type: Article

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