Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157 in beef and chicken burgers, and chicken carcasses in Buenos Aires, Argentina

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 132, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 167-171

  Chinen, Isabel ^a   Epszteyn, Sergio ^a   Melamed, Celia L ^b   Aguerre, Lorena ^a   Martínez Espinosa, Estela ^a   Motter, Mariana M ^b   Baschkier, Ariela ^a   Manfredi, Eduardo ^a   Miliwebsky, Elizabeth ^a   Rivas, Marta ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS   (Argentina)

^b Laboratorio de Investigación y Monitoreo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Burger; Fast food restaurants; STEC O157

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BEEF; CARCASS; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FAST FOOD; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; CATTLE; CHICKENS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COOKERY; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MEAT PRODUCTS; PHYLOGENY; POULTRY PRODUCTS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 65849425314     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2009.03.021     Document Type: Article

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