Detection and characterization of Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant S. aureus in foods confiscated in EU borders

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue JUL, 2017, Pages

  Rodríguez Lázaro, David ^a   Oniciuc, Elena Alexandra ^a,b   García, Patricia G ^c   Gallego, David ^d   Fernández Natal, Isabel ^e,f   Dominguez Gil, Marta ^g   Eiros Bouza, José M ^g   Wagner, Martin ^h   Nicolau, Anca I ^b   Hernández, Marta ^c,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

^b DUNAREA DE JOS UNIVERSITY OF GALATI   (Romania)

^c INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO AGRARIO DE CASTILLA Y LEÓN   (Spain)

^d Delegación del Gobierno en el País Vasco   (Spain)

^e Gerencia Regional de Salud de Castilla y León   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO RÍO HORTEGA   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

ⁱ UNIVERSIDAD DE VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

EU; Food contamination; Food safety; Illegal import; MRSA; Typing

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DAPTOMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FOSFOMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN E; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DAIRY PRODUCT; EUROPEAN UNION; FLIGHT; FOOD ANALYSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; MEAT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MILK; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SCREENING TEST; STAPHYLOCOCCAL FOOD POISONING; TRAVEL;

EID: 85025674506     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01344     Document Type: Article

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