Prevalence of antibiotic-resistant enterobacteriaceae isolated from chicken and pork meat purchased at the slaughterhouse and at retail in Bavaria, Germany

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 206-211

  Schwaiger, Karin ^a   Huther, Sabine ^a   Hölzel, Christina ^a   Kämpf, Peter ^b   Bauer, Johann ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b National Reference Centre for Borrelia   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Chicken meat; Coliforms; Escherichia coli; Pork meat; Salmonella

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; PENICILLIN G; SPECTINOMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHICKEN MEAT; CITROBACTER; DILUTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PROCESSING; GERMANY; HYGIENE; KLEBSIELLA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PORK; SALMONELLA; SEROPREVALENCE; SERRATIA; SLAUGHTERHOUSE;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; GERMANY; MEAT; PREVALENCE; SWINE;

CITROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA; NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA; SERRATIA;

EID: 84857064782     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2011.12.014     Document Type: Article

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