Prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a fresh meat pork production chain

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 126-129

  Beneke, Birgit ^a   Klees, Sylvia ^a   Stührenberg, Birgit ^a   Fetsch, Alexandra ^b   Kraushaar, Britta ^b   Tenhagen, Bernd Alois ^b  

^a Institute of Chemical and Veterinary Analysis Ostwestfalen Lippe   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEAT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGY; NOSE CAVITY; PREVALENCE; SKIN; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SWINE;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; MEAT; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NASAL CAVITY; PREVALENCE; SKIN; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 78651295096     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-10-250     Document Type: Article

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