Isolation of shiga toxigenic Escherichia coli from raw beef in Palestine

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 81-84

  Adwan, Ghaleb M ^a   Adwan, Kamel M ^a  

^a AN NAJAH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; E. coli O157; Raw beef; STEC; stx1; stx2

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NORFLOXACIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; VEROTOXIN 1; VEROTOXIN 2;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BEEF CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESISTANCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MEAT; NONHUMAN; PALESTINE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPE; SUMMER;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 9344256711     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2004.03.032     Document Type: Article

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