Culture media for the isolation of Cronobacter spp

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 169-178

  Druggan, Patrick ^a   Iversen, Carol ^b  

^a Thermo Fisher Scientific   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cronobacter; Detection; Enterobacter sakazakii; Microbiology media; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFALORIDINE; CEFALOTIN; CEFAMANDOLE; CEFOPERAZONE; CEFORANIDE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFSULODIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; NALIDIXIC ACID; NEOMYCIN; NORFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PIPEMIDIC ACID; PIPERACILLIN; RIFAMPICIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; ENTEROBACTER SAKAZAKII; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHROMOGENIC COMPOUNDS; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; CULTURE MEDIA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; INFANT FORMULA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ENTEROBACTER SAKAZAKII; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE;

EID: 71649105607     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2009.09.008     Document Type: Review

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