Antimicrobial resistance of Listeria monocytogenes isolates from food and the environment in France over a 10-year period

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2788-2790

  Granier, Sophie A ^a   Moubareck, Carole ^b   Colaneri, Cécile ^a   Lemire, Astrid ^b   Roussel, Sophie ^a   Dao, Trinh Tam ^a   Courvalin, Patrice ^b   Brisabois, Anne ^a  

^a French Agency for Food   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; LISTERIA;

ACQUIRED RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCES; ENVIRONMENTAL ISOLATES; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MINOCYCLINE; MONOCYTOGENES; TRIMETHOPRIM;

FOOD MICROBIOLOGY;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOOD; GENE EXPRESSION;

FRANCE;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 79955611803     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01381-10     Document Type: Article

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