Prevalence, distribution, and antimicrobial susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus in ready-to-eat salads and in the environment of a salad manufacturing plant in Northern Greece

Czech Journal of Food Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 285-291

  Sergelidis, Daniel ^a   Abrahim, Amin ^a   Anagnostou, Vasiliki ^b   Govaris, Alexandros ^c   Papadopoulos, Theofilos ^a   Papa, Anna ^b  

^a Faculty of Veterinary Medicine   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial susceptibility; Environment; RTE salads; Staphylococci

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA;

ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITIES; ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ENVIRONMENT; GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICES; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNAS; RTE SALADS; STAPHYLOCOCCI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

MANUFACTURE;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84862525004     PISSN: 12121800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/37/2011-cjfs     Document Type: Article

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