Prevalence, antibiotic resistance and virulence of Enterococcus spp. in Egyptian fresh raw milk cheese

Food Control

Volumn 50, Issue , 2015, Pages 815-820

  Hammad, Ahmed M ^a   Hassan, Hamdy A ^b,c   Shimamoto, Tadashi ^d  

^a University of Sadat City   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SADAT CITY   (Egypt)

^c SHAQRA UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Enterococci; Karish cheese; Virulence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84910066031     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2014.10.020     Document Type: Article

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