Resistance of Brucella abortus isolated from Lebanese dairy-based food products against commonly used antimicrobials

Dairy Science and Technology

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 579-588

  Alwan, Nisreen ^a   Saleh, Imane ^a   Beydoun, Elias ^a   Barbour, Elie ^a   Ghosn, Nada ^b   Harakeh, Steve ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

antimicrobial resistance; Brucella abortus; dairy product; real time PCR

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE PATTERNS; ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCES; BIOCHEMICAL TESTS; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; FOOD-BORNE ILLNESS; FOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; MICROBIOLOGICAL QUALITY; MIDDLE EAST; REAL-TIME PCR; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTICS; DAIRY PRODUCTS; MICROORGANISMS; QUALITY CONTROL;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS;

EID: 77956050419     PISSN: 19585586     EISSN: 19585594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/dst/2010017     Document Type: Article

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