Beef carcass contamination by Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli strains in an abattoir in Brazil: Characterization and resistance to antimicrobial drugs

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 811-817

  Rigobelo, Everlon Cid ^a   Santo, Edilene ^a   Marin, Jose Moacir ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALOTIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; SHIGA TOXIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BEEF; BRAZIL; CARCASS; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; EVISCERATION; INTESTINE FLORA; MEAT INDUSTRY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRAZIL; CATTLE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SEROTYPING; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 57749176915     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2008.0138     Document Type: Article

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