Multiresistant bacteria isolated from chicken meat in Austria

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 12582-12593

  Zarfel, Gernot ^a   Galler, Herbert ^a   Luxner, Josefa ^a   Petternel, Christian ^a   Reinthaler, Franz F ^a   Haas, Doris ^a   Kittinger, Clemens ^a   Grisold, Andrea J ^a   Pless, Peter ^b   Feierl, Gebhard ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b Styrian Government   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chicken meat; CTX M; ESBL; MecA; SHV; Staphylococcus; VRE

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; FOOD QUALITY; MEAT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHICKEN MEAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD ANALYSIS; MECA GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT BACTERIA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS FLEURETTII; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SCIURI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS VITULINUS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; ANIMAL; CHICKEN; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AUSTRIA;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

ANIMALS; AUSTRIA; BACTERIA; CHICKENS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; MEAT; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84915749391     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph111212582     Document Type: Article

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