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J Food Prot. 1997 Aug;60(8):1001-1005. doi: 10.4315/0362-028X-60.8.1001.

Drug Resistance of Enterobacteriaceae Isolated from Chicken Carcasses.

Journal of food protection

Maria A Tessi, Maria S Salsi, Maria I Caffer, Maria A Moguilevsky

Affiliations

  1. Institutode TecnologĂ­a de Alimentos, Facultad de Ingenieriacute;a Quiacute;mica, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, C.C 266, 3000 Santa Fe.
  2. Instituto Nacional de Microbiologiacute;a Dr. C. G. Malbraacute;n, Av. Veacute;lez Sarsfield 563, 1281 Buenos Aires, Argentina.

PMID: 31207817 DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-60.8.1001

Abstract

The antibiotic resistance profiles and transferable R factors of Salmonella and Escherichia coli isolates from 104 broiler carcasses taken from one processing plant were determined. Carcasses were sampled after immersion chilling. All samples were transported iced and immediately analyzed upon arrival to the laboratory. The resistance patterns of isolates to 12 antibiotics were determined (i.e., ampicillin, cephalothin, streptomycin, sulfisoxazole, trim-ethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, nalidixic acid, tetracycline, neomycin, chloramphenicol, gentamicin, colistin, and nitrofurantoin). Isolates resistant to one or more antibiotics were utilized as donors of resistance to completely antibiotic-sensitive strains, an E. coli K-12, F

Keywords: ; R factors; chicken carcasses

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