Characteristics of enterotoxin H-producing Staphylococcus aureus isolated from clinical cases and properties of the enterotoxin productivity

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1855-1860

  Sakai, Fumihiko ^a   Ihara, Hideshi ^b   Aoyama, Kenji ^a   Igarashi, Hideo ^a   Yanahira, Shuichi ^a   Ohkubo, Tatsuro ^a   Asao, Tsutomu ^c   Kozaki, Shunji ^b  

^a SNOW BRAND MILK PRODUCTS CO LTD   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^c OSAKA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 51949110594     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-71.9.1855     Document Type: Article

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