Virulence and antimicrobial resistance determinants of verotoxigenic Escherichia coli (VTEC) and of multidrug-resistant E. coli from foods of animal origin illegally imported to the EU by flight passengers

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 209, Issue , 2015, Pages 52-59

  Nagy, B ^a   Szmolka, A ^a   Smole Mozina S ^b   Kovac J ^b   Strauss, A ^c   Schlager, S ^d   Beutlich, J ^e   Appel, B ^e   Lusicky M ^f   Aprikian, P ^g   Paszti J ^h   Toth I ^a   Kugler, R ^a   Wagner, M ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^d AUSTRIAN AGENCY FOR HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY   (Austria)

^e FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

^f Environment and Food   (Slovenia)

^g ID Genomics ^*  (United States)

^h NATIONAL CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

ESBL; Illegally imported food; MLST; Multidrug resistance; Stx; VTEC

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAMASE; BETA LACTAMASE CTX M; BETA LACTAMASE STX1; BETA LACTAMASE STX2; BETA LACTAMASE TEM 1; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; FLORFENICOL; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; INTIMIN; KANAMYCIN; LOCUS OF ENTEROCYTE EFFACEMENT; NALIDIXIC ACID; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; TRIMETHOPRIM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VEROTOXIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; SHIGA TOXIN;

AIRPORT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BALKAN PENINSULA; CHEESE; ELISA KIT; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUROPE; FOOD; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD SAFETY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; IMMUNOASSAY; INTEGRON; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PILOT STUDY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROTYPE; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; SLOVENIA; TRAVEL; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; TURKEY; VIRULENCE;

AIRPORTS; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CHEESE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; EUROPE; GENOTYPE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; SHIGA TOXINS; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; TRAVEL; TURKEY; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84952318800     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2015.06.026     Document Type: Article

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