Antimicrobial resistance of Enterococcus species from meat and fermented meat products isolated by a PCR-based rapid screening method

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 163, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages 89-95

  Jahan, Musarrat ^a   Krause, Denis O ^a   Holley, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Enterococci; Fermented cured meats; Multi drug resistance; PCR detection method

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; NEOMYCIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; RNA 16S; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; TYLOSIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTED PRODUCT; GENE SEQUENCE; LACTOBACILLUS; LISTERIA; MEAT; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PEDIOCOCCUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAPID TEST; SALMONELLA; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 84875772420     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2013.02.017     Document Type: Article

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