Food poisoning associated with emetic-type of bacillus cereus in Korea

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 555-563

  Kim, Jung Beom ^a   Jeong, Hong Rae ^a   Park, Yong Bae ^a   Kim, Jae Moung ^b   Oh, Deog Hwan ^b  

^a Gyeonggi do Research Institute of Health and Environment   (South Korea)

^b Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOTETAN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; EMETIC TOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; FOOD POISONING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE TARGETING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KOREA; MASS SPECTROMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS VIRULENCE; VOMITING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLACEAE INFECTIONS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BETA-LACTAMS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DEPSIPEPTIDES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROTOXINS; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; KOREA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; ORYZA SATIVA; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SEEDS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; VOMITING;

BACILLUS CEREUS;

EID: 77952415655     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2009.0443     Document Type: Article

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