Publication details
Genotype analysis of enterotoxin H-positive Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from food samples in the Czech Republic
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| Year of publication | 2008 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | International Journal of Food Microbiology |
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| Web | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2007.10.006 |
| Field | Genetics and molecular biology |
| Keywords | Staphylococcus aureus; Staphylococcal Food Poisoning; Staphylococcal enterotoxin H |
| Description | Twenty-eight enterotoxin H positive Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from food samples collected in eleven districts of the Czech Republic between 2000 and 2005 were genotypically characterized by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) profiling, spa gene polymorphism analysis, enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus sequence-based PCR (ERIC-PCR) fingerprinting and prophage carriage detection. These strains accounted for about 21 % of the food-derived, staphylococcal enterotoxin (SE)-positive isolates. One strain, detected in feta cheese, was implicated in a case of enterotoxinosis. |
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