Detection and molecular characterization of Livestock-Associated MRSA in raw meat on retail sale in North West England

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 239-245

  Fox, A ^a   Pichon, B ^a   Wilkinson, H ^a   Doumith, M ^a   Hill, R L R ^a   McLauchlin, J ^a,b   Kearns, A M ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

antibiotics; enumeration; food chain; genotyping; Livestock associated MRSA; methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Staphylococci

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BACTERIA; CHAINS; COSTS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENES; MAMMALS; MEATS; SALES;

ENGLAND; ENUMERATION; FOOD CHAIN; GENOTYPING; LIVESTOCK-ASSOCIATED MRSA; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; RAW MEATS; RETAIL SALES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING;

ANTIBIOTICS;

ENTEROTOXIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD; FOOD POISONING; FOOD SUPPLY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HEALTH IMPACT; LIVESTOCK; MEAT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETAILING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHICKEN; CHICKEN MEAT; ENGLAND; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD POISONING; LIVESTOCK; LIVESTOCK ASSOCIATED METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PORK; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RAW MEAT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STAPHYLOCOCCAL FOOD POISONING; TURKEY MEAT; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; PIG; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TURKEY (BIRD);

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; ENGLAND; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; LIVESTOCK; MEAT; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PHYLOGENY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SWINE; TURKEYS;

EID: 85010976411     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/lam.12709     Document Type: Article

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