Journal article
Multiple drug resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from a fish market and from fish handlers
Brazilian journal of microbiology, Vol.38(1), pp.131-134
2007
Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate the presence of antibiotic resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains in fish stalls and in hands and nasal and oral cavities of fish handlers of the Mucuripe Fish Market, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. All S. aureus isolates were resistant to Ampicillin and 44% were multi-drug resistant.
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- Title
- Multiple drug resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from a fish market and from fish handlers
- Authors/Creators
- W. F. Albuquerque - BrazilA. Macrae - Instituto de Microbiologia Professor Paulo Goes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, BrazilO. V. Sousa - Instituto de Ciências do Mar - LABOMAR, Universidade Federal do Ceará, BrazilG. H.F. Vieira - Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Estadual Vale do Acaraú - UVA, BrazilR. H.S.F. Vieira - Instituto de Ciências do Mar - LABOMAR, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Brazil
- Publication Details
- Brazilian journal of microbiology, Vol.38(1), pp.131-134
- Publisher
- Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia
- Number of pages
- 4
- Identifiers
- 991005894544707891
- Copyright
- © 2007 The Authors
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Food Futures Institute
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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