Prevalence of multiple antibiotic-resistant Gram-negative bacteria on bagged, ready-to-eat baby spinach

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 108-118

  Walia, Sandeep ^a,b   Rana, Sonia W ^a,c   Maue, Daniel ^a   Rana, Jatin ^b   Kumar, Ashok ^a,c   Walia, Satish K ^a  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

environmental health education; food safety; health

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTIZOXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; EDUCATION; FOOD SAFETY; GENE EXPRESSION; LEAFY VEGETABLE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BABY FOOD; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COMMENSALISM; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; INTESTINE FLORA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SPHINGOBACTERIUM MULTIVORUM; SPINACH;

CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTIZOXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; IMIPENEM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PREVALENCE; PSEUDOMONAS; SPINACIA OLERACEA; TETRACYCLINE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 84871229594     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: 13691619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603123.2012.708916     Document Type: Article

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