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Research Publications (Food Safety)

This page tracks research articles published in national and international peer-reviewed journals. Recent articles are available ahead of print and searchable by Journal, Article Title, and Category. Research publications are tracked across six categories: Bacterial Pathogens, Chemical Contaminants, Natural Toxins, Parasites, Produce Safety, and Viruses. Articles produced by USDA Grant Funding Agencies (requires login) and FDA Grant Funding Agencies (requires login) are also tracked in Scopus.

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  1. Antibiotic resistance and molecular characterization of Shigella isolates recovered from children less than 5 years in Manhiça, Southern Mozambique

    • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

    • Publication date: Available online 12 February 2018


      Author(s): Delfino Vubil, Clara Balleste-Delpierre, Rita Mabunda, Sozinho Acácio, Marcelino Garrine, Tacilta Nhampossa, Pedro Alonso, Inacio Mandomando, Jordi Vila

  2. Longitudinal study on antimicrobial consumption and resistance in rabbit farming

    • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

    • Publication date: February 2018
      , Volume 51, Issue 2

      Author(s): Fabrizio Agnoletti, Romina Brunetta, Luca Bano, Ilenia Drigo, Elena Mazzolini

  3. Integrons in Enterobacteriaceae: diversity, distribution and epidemiology

    • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

    • Publication date: February 2018
      , Volume 51, Issue 2

      Author(s): Megha Kaushik, Sanjay Kumar, Rajeev Kumar Kapoor, Jugsharan Singh Virdi, Pooja Gulati

  4. Listeria monocytogenes Endocarditis: Case Report, Review of the Literature, and Laboratory Evaluation of Potential Novel Antibiotic Synergies

    • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

    • Publication date: Available online 11 January 2018


      Author(s): Monika Kumaraswamy, Carter Do, George Sakoulas, Poochit Nonejuie, Guan Woei Tseng, Helen King, Joshua Fierer, Joe Pogliano, Victor Nizet

  5. Antibiotic susceptibilities of livestock isolates of leptospira

    • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

    • Publication date: Available online 3 January 2018


      Author(s): Geoffroy LIEGEON, Tristan DELORY, Mathieu PICARDEAU

  6. Plasmid-mediated doxycycline resistance in a Yersinia pestis strain isolated from a rat

    • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

    • Publication date: Available online 10 October 2017


      Author(s): Nicolas Cabanel, Christiane Bouchier, Minoarisoa Rajerison, Elisabeth Carniel

      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens

  7. The value of anticoccidials for sustainable global poultry production

    • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

    • Publication date: Available online 19 September 2017


      Author(s): Stefanie Kadykalo, Tara Roberts, Michelle Thompson, Jeff Wilson, Marcelo Lang, Olivier Espeisse

  8. IncA/C plasmids conferring high azithromycin resistance in vibrio cholera

    • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

    • Publication date: Available online 14 September 2017


      Author(s): Ruibai Wang, Haican Liu, Xiuqin Zhao, Jie Li, Kanglin Wan

      • Vibrio
      • Bacterial pathogens

  9. Hospital sewage water - a reservoir for variants of new delhi metallo-β-lactamase (blaNDM) and ESBL-producing enterobacteriaceae

    • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

    • Publication date: Available online 5 September 2017


      Author(s): Shadab Parvez, Asad U. Khan

      • Shigella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  10. Purification and characterization of a novel anti-staphylococcal peptide (ASP-1) from bacillus sp. URID 12.1

    • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

    • Publication date: Available online 5 September 2017


      Author(s): Ajay Ghosh Chalasani, Utpal Roy, Sushma Nema

      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Chemical contaminants

  11. Use of axenic media to determine antibiotic efficacy against Coxiella burnetii

    • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

    • Publication date: Available online 9 August 2017


      Author(s): K.A. Clay, M.G. Hartley, P. Russell, I.H. Norville

      • Bacterial pathogens

  12. Phage in urban wastewater have the potential to disseminate antibiotic resistance

    • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

    • Publication date: Available online 10 August 2017


      Author(s): Gayathri Upeksha Gunathilaka, Varun Tahlan, Abdullah Ibn Mafiz, Manisha Polur, Yifan Zhang

      • Bacterial pathogens

  13. Geographical variation in therapy for bloodstream infections due to multidrug-resistant enterobacteriaceae: a post hoc analysis of the INCREMENT study

    • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

    • Publication date: Available online 3 August 2017

      • Bacterial pathogens

  14. Global acquisition of genetic materials from different bacteria into the staphylococcal cassette chromosome elements of a staphylococcus epidermidis

    • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

    • Publication date: Available online 10 July 2017


      Author(s): Huping Xue, Zhaowei Wu, Dandan Qiao, Chao Tong, Xin Zhao

      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens

  15. In vitro and in vivo assessment of newer quinoxaline-oxadiazole hybrids as antimicrobial and antiprotozoal agents

    • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

    • Publication date: Available online 4 July 2017


      Author(s): Navin B. Patel, Jignesh N. Patel, Amit C. Purohit, Vatsal M. Patel, Dhanji P. Rajani, Rosa Moo-Puc, Julio Cesar Lopez-Cedillo, Benjamin Nogueda-Torres, Gildardo Rivera

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  16. In vivo development of tigecycline resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae due to deletion of ramR ribosomal binding site

    • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

    • Publication date: Available online 28 June 2017


      Author(s): Meiping Ye, Baixing Ding, Hongliang Qian, Qingqing Xu, Jianping Jiang, Jinwei Huang, Hongyu Ou, Fupin Hu, Minggui Wang

      • Bacterial pathogens

  17. First report of an E. coli strain from swine carrying an OXA-181-carbapenemase and colistin resistance determinant MCR-1

    • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

    • Publication date: Available online 27 June 2017


      Author(s): Sandra Pulss, Torsten Semmler, Ellen Prenger-Berninghoff, Rolf Bauerfeind, Christa Ewers

      • Bacterial pathogens

  18. Hydroxychloroquine Susceptibility Determination of Coxiella burnetii in Human Embryonic Lung (HEL) Fibroblast Cells

    • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

    • Publication date: Available online 3 May 2017


      Author(s): Emmanouil Angelakis, Jacques Bou Khalil, Marion Le Bideau, Celine Perreal, Bernard La Scola, Didier Raoult

      • Bacterial pathogens

  19. Emergence of multidrug resistance in locally-acquired human infections with Salmonella Typhimurium in Australia owing to a new clade harbouring blaCTX-M-9

    • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

    • Publication date: Available online 2 May 2017


      Author(s): Sarah J. Sparham, Jason C. Kwong, Mary Valcanis, Marion Easton, Darren J. Trott, Torsten Seemann, Timothy P. Stinear, Benjamin P. Howden

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  20. Treating complicated carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae infections with ceftazidime/avibactam: a retrospective study with molecular strain characterisation

    • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

    • Publication date: Available online 4 April 2017


      Author(s): Fiorella Krapp, Jennifer L. Grant, Sarah H. Sutton, Egon A. Ozer, Viktorija O. Barr

      • Bacterial pathogens

  21. Synthesis, antimicrobial activity and toxicity to nematodes of cyclam derivatives

    • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

    • Publication date: Available online 16 March 2017


      Author(s): Luis G. Alves, Pedro F. Pinheiro, Joana R. Feliciano, Diana P. Dâmaso, Jorge H. Leitão, Ana M. Martins

      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens

  22. Isolation and characterisation of a novel antibacterial peptide from a native swine intestinal tract-derived bacterium

    • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

    • Publication date: Available online 27 February 2017


      Author(s): Haiyun Xin, Shengyue Ji, Jiayin Peng, Peng Han, Xiaopeng An, Shan Wang, Binyun Cao

      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens

  23. Chromosomal location of the fosA3 and blaCTX-M genes in Proteus mirabilis and clonal spread of Escherichia coli ST117 carrying fosA3-positive IncHI2/ST3 or F2:A-:B- plasmids in a chicken farm

    • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

    • Publication date: Available online 24 February 2017


      Author(s): Dandan He, Lanping Liu, Baowei Guo, Shengjun Wu, Xiaojie Chen, Jing Wang, Zhenling Zeng, Jian-Hua Liu

      • Bacterial pathogens

  24. Extended-spectrum β-lactamases, carbapenemases and the mcr-1 gene: is there a historical link?

    • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

    • Publication date: Available online 1 February 2017


      Author(s): Mohamed Rhouma, Ann Letellier

      • Bacterial pathogens

  25. The safe enterocin DD14 is a leaderless two-peptide bacteriocin with anti-clostridium perfringens activity

    • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

    • Publication date: Available online 16 January 2017


      Author(s): Delphine L. Caly, Mickaël Chevalier, Christophe Flahaut, Benoit Cudennec, Ahmed Khassaf Al Atya, Gabrielle Chataigné, Romain D'Inca, Eric Auclair, Djamel Drider

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Clostridium perfringens