Detection of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Enterobacteriaceae in vegetables, soil and water of the farm environment in Tunisia

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 203, Issue , 2015, Pages 86-92

  Ben Said, Leila ^a   Jouini, Ahlem ^b   Klibi, Naouel ^a   Dziri, Raoudha ^a   Alonso, Carla Andrea ^c   Boudabous, Abdellatif ^a   Ben Slama, Karim ^a,d   Torres, Carmen ^c  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LA RIOJA   (Spain)

^d University Tunis El Manar   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

E. coli; Enterobacteriaceae; ESBL; Soil; Vegetables; Water

Indexed keywords

AGAR; AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DNA 16S; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE; TICARCILLIN; TOBRAMYCIN; TRIMETHOPRIM; WATER; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAMASE;

AGRICULTURE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; APRICOT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BARLEY; CARROT; CEREAL; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; CUCUMBER; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE PRODUCING ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; FENNEL; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRUIT; INTEGRON; LETTUCE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; OAT; OLIVE; ONION; PARSLEY; PEPPER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POTATO; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RADISH; SOIL; SQUASH; TOMATO; TUNISIA; VEGETABLE; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PLASMID;

CITROBACTER FREUNDII; ENTEROBACTER HORMAECHEI; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BETA-LACTAMASES; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HUMANS; INTEGRONS; PLASMIDS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TUNISIA; VEGETABLES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84924976303     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2015.02.023     Document Type: Article

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