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Prevalence and characterization of antimicrobial resistance of foodborne Listeria monocytogenes isolates in Hebei province of Northern China, 2005-2007.
International journal of food microbiology - 15 Dec 2010
Yan He, Neogi Sucharit Basu, Mo Ziyao, Guan Wenying, Shen Zhixin, Zhang Shuhong, Li Lin, Yamasaki Shinji, Shi Lei, Zhong Nanshan
Abstract excerpt
A total of 2177 food samples collected from nine cities in northern China during 2005 to 2007 were screened for the presence of Listeria monocytogenes. All L. monocytogenes isolates were subjected to serotyping, antimicrobial susceptibility, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), as well as PCR screening to identify genes responsible for tetracycline resistance [tet(L), tet(M), tet(K), tet(S) and tet(B)],...
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