Antibiotic resistance in bacteria isolated from vegetables with regards to the marketing stage (farm vs. supermarket)

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 191-196

  Schwaiger, Karin ^a   Helmke, Katharina ^a   Hölzel, Christina Susanne ^a   Bauer, Johann ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Bacteria; Farm; Supermarket; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; APRAMYCIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFACLOR; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTIOFUR; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ENROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; MACROLIDE; MEZLOCILLIN; NEOMYCIN; NETILMICIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; SPECTINOMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TOBRAMYCIN; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANT BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELL VIABILITY; CEREAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTER GERGOVIAE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FRUIT; GERMANY; HUMAN; MARKETING; NONHUMAN; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PLANT ROOT; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; VEGETABLE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD INDUSTRY; GERMANY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHENOTYPE; VEGETABLES;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTER GERGOVIAE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 79959959915     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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