Enterotoxin production by Staphylococcus aureus: An outbreak at a Barcelona sports club in July 2011

Food Control

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 114-118

  Solano, Rubén ^a   Lafuente, Sara ^b   Sabate, Sara ^b   Tortajada, Cecilia ^b   García de Olalla, Patricia ^b   Hernando, Ana Vindel ^c   Caylà, Joan ^b  

^a CARLOS III INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Spain)

^b AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Food poisoning; Outbreak; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Spa typing; Staphylococcal enterotoxin; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875257264     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2013.01.014     Document Type: Article

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