Genotypes, exotoxin gene content, and antimicrobial resistance of Staphylococcus aureus strains recovered from foods and food handlers

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2930-2935

  Argudin M A ^a   Mendoza, M C ^a   Gonzalez Hevia M A ^b   Bances, M ^b   Guerra, B ^c   Rodicio, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b Laboratorio de Salud Publica   (Spain)

^c FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCES; CLINDAMYCIN; CLONAL COMPLEX; ENTEROTOXIN; FOOD BORNE DISEASE; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD POISONING; GENE CONTENT; GENES ENCODING; METHICILLIN; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; POTENTIAL HEALTH; S. AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; HEALTH HAZARDS; STRAIN;

GENES;

BACTERIAL TOXIN; EXOTOXIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD POISONING; GENOTYPE; HEALTH RISK; INGESTION RATE; PUBLIC HEALTH; TOXIN; VIRULENCE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; FOOD CONTROL; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; SPAIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; CARRIER STATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; EXOTOXINS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR TYPING; SPAIN; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

SPAIN;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84861162092     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.07487-11     Document Type: Article

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