MRSA detection in raw milk, some dairy products and hands of dairy workers in Egypt, a mini-survey

Food Control

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 49-53

  Kamal, Rania M ^a   Bayoumi, Mohamed A ^a   Abd El Aal, Salah F A ^a  

^a Zagazig University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Dairy products; Dairy workers; MRSA; Raw milk; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875279772     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2013.02.017     Document Type: Article

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