Article
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in beef retail markets from Argentina.
Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology - 1 Jan 2012
Brusa Victoria, Aliverti Virginia, Aliverti Florencia, Ortega Emanuel E, de la Torre Julian H, Linares Luciano H, Sanz Marcelo E, Etcheverría Analía I, Padola Nora L, Galli Lucía, Peral García Pilar, Copes Julio, Leotta Gerardo A
Abstract excerpt
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) are foodborne pathogens that cause mild or serious diseases and can lead to people death. This study reports the prevalence and characteristics of STEC O157 and non-O157 in commercial ground beef and environmental samples, including meat table, knife, meat mincing machine, and manipulator hands (n = 450) obtained from 90 retail markets over a nine-month period. The...
Topics
- Argentina
- Environmental Microbiology
- Flagellin
- Food Contamination
- Food Industry
- Genotype
- Humans
- Meat
- Molecular Epidemiology
- O Antigens
- Prevalence
- Serotyping
- Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli