Microbial contamination of raw meat and its environment in retail shops in Karachi, Pakistan

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 382-388

  Ali, Nafisa Hassan ^a,b   Farooqui, Amber ^a   Khan, Adnan ^a   Khan, Ameera Yahya ^a   Kazmi, Shahana U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^b JINNAH MEDICAL AND DENTAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Biofilm; Meat contamination

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFACLOR; NOVOBIOCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; BRUCELLA; ENTEROBACTER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA; LISTERIA; MEAT INDUSTRY; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; PAKISTAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; RAW MEAT; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SHIGELLA; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL COUNT; CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEAT; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUCELLA; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA; LISTERIA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SHIGELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; MEAT; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE;

EID: 77955606266     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.599     Document Type: Article

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