Prevalence and antibiotic resistance of Enterococcus spp. isolated from retail cheese, ready-to-eat salads, ham, and raw meat

Food Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-7

  Pesavento, G ^a   Calonico, C ^a   Ducci, B ^a   Magnanini, A ^a   Lo Nostro, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibiotic susceptibility; Dairy foods; Enterococcus spp; Ham; Raw meat; Ready to eat salads

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BOVINE; CHEESE; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; ENTEROCOCCUS; FAST FOOD; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; PIG; VEGETABLE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATTLE; CHEESE; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; FAST FOODS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MEAT; MEAT PRODUCTS; SWINE; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84893413836     PISSN: 07400020     EISSN: 10959998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2014.01.008     Document Type: Article

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