Tests for determining in-use concentrations of antibiotics and disinfectants are based on entirely different concepts: "Resistance" has different meanings

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 247-254

  Cerf, O ^a   Carpentier, B ^b   Sanders, P ^b  

^a ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

^b Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Disinfectant; Minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC); Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC); Resistance; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DISINFECTANT AGENT; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MISUSE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD SAFETY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DISINFECTANTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 72149122140     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2009.10.002     Document Type: Review

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