Antimicrobial resistance in gram-positive cocci isolated from poultry in Western Australia : an assessment of poultry meat as a vehicle for the transmission of resistant strains via the food chain.

Antimicrobial resistance in gram-positive cocci isolated from poultry in Western Australia : an assessment of poultry meat as a vehicle for the transmission of resistant strains via the food chain.

The aim of this study was to examine whether Gram-positive cocci isolated from processed poultry in Western Australia provided a potential risk for the transfer of antimicrobial-resistant organisms to humans via commercially prepared ready-to-eat chicken. Research in this study was conducted in thre...

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Main Author: Bertolatti, Dean
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Curtin University 2002
Subjects:
food safety program
antimicrobial resistance
Gram-positive cocci
poultry meat
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1485

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