Assessment of the prevalence of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing enterobacteriaceae in ready-to-eat salads, fresh-cut fruit, and sprouts from the Swiss market

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1178-1181

  Nüesch Inderbinen, Magdalena ^a   Zurfluh, Kathrin ^a   Peterhans, Sophie ^a   Hächler, Herbert ^a   Stephan, Roger ^a  

^a VETSUISSE FACULTY UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLUYVERA ASCORBATA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SERRATIA;

BETA LACTAMASE;

ANALYSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FAST FOOD; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; FRUIT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; SERRATIA; SPAIN; SWITZERLAND;

BETA-LACTAMASES; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FAST FOODS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FRUIT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SERRATIA; SPAIN; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84930536030     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: 19449097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-15-018     Document Type: Article

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