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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. Development and validation of a multiplex PCR assay for the detection of the five families of plasmid-encoded colistin resistance

    • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

    • Available online 3 November 2018

      Author(s): Agnès B. Jousset, Sandrine Bernabeu, Remy A. Bonnin, Elodie Creton, Garance Cotellon, Aimie Sauvadet, Thierry Naas, Laurent Dortet

      • Bacterial pathogens

  2. Synergistic Microbicidal Effect of Cationic Antimicrobial Peptides and Teicoplanin against Planktonic and Biofilm-Encased Staphylococcus aureus

    • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

    • Available online 10 October 2018

      Author(s): Bruce C. Koppen, Patrick P.G. Mulder, Leonie de Boer, Martijn Riool, Jan W. Drijfhout, Sebastian A.J. Zaat

      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Heavy Metals
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Chemical contaminants

  3. Insert sequences of CRISPR/Cas system regulate horizontal antibiotic gene transfer in Shigella

    • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

    • Available online 2 October 2018

      Author(s): Shuaiyin Chen, Huiying Liu, Wenjuan Liang, Lijuan Hong, Bing Zhang, Lu Huang, Xiangjiao Guo, Guangcai Duan

      • Shigella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  4. Inactivation of multidrug-resistant pathogens and Y. enterocolitica with cold atmospheric pressure plasma on stainless steel surfaces

    • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

    • Available online 31 August 2018

      Author(s): Karolina A. Lis, Corinna Kehrenberg, Annika Boulaaba, Maren von Köckritz-Blickwede, Sylvia Binder, Yangfang Li, Julia L. Zimmermann, Yvonne Pfeifer, Birte Ahlfeld

      • Yersinia
      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens

  5. Clinical characteristics of patients with bacteraemia due to the emergence of mcr-1-harboring Enterobacteriaceae in humans and pigs in Taiwan

    • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

    • Available online 24 August 2018

      Author(s): Chih-Cheng Lai, Yi-Tsung Lin, Yu-Tzu Lin, Min-Chi Lu, Zhi-Yuan Shi, Yao-Shen Chen, Lih-Shinn Wang, Shu-Hui Tseng, Chao-Nan Lin, Yen-Hsu Chen, Wen-Chien Ko, Fu-Der Wang, Po-Ren Hsueh, Infection Control Society of Taiwan

      • Bacterial pathogens

  6. Detection and characterization of methicillin resistant and susceptible coagulase-negative Staphylococci in milk from cows with clinical mastitis in Tunisia.

    • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

    • Available online 3 August 2018

      Author(s): Amira Klibi, Abderrazek Maaroufi, Carmen Torres, Ahlem Jouini

      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens

  7. Assessing antibiotic resistance gene load in vegan, vegetarian and omnivore human gut microbiota

    • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

    • Available online 3 August 2018

      Author(s): Losasso Carmen, Di Cesare Andrea, Mastrorilli Eleonora, Patuzzi Ilaria, Cibin Veronica, Eckert Ester M, Fontaneto Diego, Vanzo Angiola, Ricci Antonia, Corno Gianluca

  8. Legal framework of antimicrobial stewardship in hospitals (LEASH): a European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) cross-sectional international survey

    • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

    • Available online 29 July 2018

      Author(s): Bojana Beović, Céline Pulcini, Catherine Dumartin, Guillaume Béraud, Barbara Nerat, Cristina Maurel, May Doušak, Milan Čižman, the LEASH Study Group on behalf of ESCMID Study Group for Antimicrobial StewardshiP (ESGAP)

  9. Plant nutraceuticals as antimicrobial agents in food preservation: terpenoids, polyphenols and thiols

    • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

    • Available online 16 May 2018

      Author(s): Ignacio Gutiérrez-del-Río, Javier Fernández, Felipe Lombó

      • Campylobacter
      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Bacillus cereus

  10. Antimicrobial susceptibility of Clostridium difficile isolated from food and environmental sources in Western Australia

    • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

    • Available online 23 May 2018

      Author(s): Su-Chen Lim, Grace O. Androga, Daniel R. Knight, Peter Moono, Niki F. Foster, Thomas V. Riley

      • Bacterial pathogens

  11. Case study on the soil antibiotic resistome in an urban community garden

    • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

    • Available online 30 May 2018

      Author(s): Abdullah Ibn Mafiz, Liyanage Nirasha Perera, Yingshu He, Wei Zhang, Shujie Xiao, Weilong Hao, Shi Sun, Kequan Zhou, Yifan Zhang

  12. Molecular diversity and conjugal transferability of class 2 integrons among Escherichia coli isolates from food, animal and human sources

    • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

    • Publication date: June 2018

      , Volume 51, Issue 6

      Author(s): Carla Andrea Alonso, Gerardo Cortés-Cortés, Elaa Maamar, Mariana Massó, Rosa del Carmen Rocha-Gracia, Carmen Torres, Daniela Centrón, María Paula Quiroga

      • Bacterial pathogens

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

    • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

    • Publication date: June 2018

      , Volume 51, Issue 6

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

      • Shigella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  14. Multidrug-resistant Shigella sonnei carrying the plasmid-mediated mcr-1 gene in China

    • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

    • Publication date: July 2018

      , Volume 52, Issue 1

      Author(s): Qiuxia Ma, Yong Huang, Jian Wang, Xuebin Xu, Jane Hawkey, Chaojie Yang, Beibei Liang, Xiaofeng Hu, Fuli Wu, Xiaoxia Yang, Jinyan Wang, Rongrui Li, Peng Li, Jing Xie, Leili Jia, Ligui Wang, Rongzhang Hao, Yigang Tong, Kathryn E. Holt, Shaofu Qiu

      • Shigella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  15. Identification and bioevaluation of SRI-12742 as an antimicrobial agent against multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

    • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

    • Publication date: July 2018

      , Volume 52, Issue 1

      Author(s): Manjulika Shukla, Isha Soni, Karen Matsuyama, Tran Tran, Mary Tanga, Leyi Gong, Sidharth Chopra

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  16. Antioxidant-based synergistic eradication of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) biofilms with bacitracin

    • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

    • Publication date: July 2018

      , Volume 52, Issue 1

      Author(s): Euna Oh, Junghee Bae, Ankit Kumar, Hyo-Jick Choi, Byeonghwa Jeon

      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens

  17. Is antimicrobial administration to food animals a direct threat to human health? A rapid systematic review.

    • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

    • Publication date: Available online 13 April 2018


      Author(s): Anna Mae Scott, Elaine Beller, Paul Glasziou, Justin Clark, Respati W. Ranakusuma, Oyungerel Byambasuren, Mina Bakhit, Stephen W. Page, Darren Trott, Chris Del Mar

  18. NDM-1- and OXA-23-producing Acinetobacter baumannii isolated from Intensive Care Unit patients in Tunisia

    • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

    • Publication date: Available online 14 April 2018


      Author(s): Elaa Maamar, Carla Andrea Alonso, Sana Ferjani, Ali Jendoubi, Zaineb Hamzaoui, Alia Jebri, Mabrouka Saidani, Salma Ghedira, Carmen Torres, Ilhem Boutiba-Ben Boubaker

  19. Co-occurrence of mcr-1, mcr-4 and mcr-5 genes in multidrug-resistant ST10 Enterotoxigenic and Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in Spain (2006-2017)

    • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

    • Publication date: Available online 7 April 2018


      Author(s): Vanesa García, Isidro García-Meniño, Azucena Mora, Saskia C. Flament-Simon, Dafne Díaz-Jiménez, Jesús E. Blanco, María Pilar Alonso, Jorge Blanco

      • Bacterial pathogens

  20. Dalbavancin in-vitro activity obtained against Gram-positive clinical isolates causing bone and joint infections in US and European hospitals (2011–2016)

    • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

    • Publication date: April 2018
      , Volume 51, Issue 4

      Author(s): Michael A. Pfaller, Robert K. Flamm, Mariana Castanheira, Helio S. Sader, Rodrigo E. Mendes

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Staphylococcus aureus

  21. Antimicrobial resistance in aquaculture: current knowledge and alternatives to tackle the problem

    • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

    • Publication date: Available online 19 March 2018


      Author(s): Lúcia Santos, Fernando Ramos

  22. Activity of 2-(quinolin-4-yloxy)acetamides in Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates and identification of their molecular target by whole-genome sequencing

    • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

    • Publication date: March 2018
      , Volume 51, Issue 3

      Author(s): Fernanda Teixeira Subtil, Anne Drumond Villela, Bruno Lopes Abbadi, Valnês S. Rodrigues-Junior, Cristiano Valim Bizarro, Luis Fernando Saraiva Macedo Timmers, Osmar Norberto de Souza, Kenia Pissinate, Pablo Machado, Alexandre López-Gavín, Griselda Tudó, Julian González-Martín, Luiz Augusto Basso, Diógenes Santiago Santos

  23. Identification and bio-evaluation of SRI-12742 as a antimicrobial agent against multi-drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

    • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

    • Publication date: Available online 28 February 2018


      Author(s): Manjulika Shukla, Isha Soni, Karen Matsuyama, Tran Tran, Mary Tanga, Leyi Gong, Sidharth Chopra

  24. Multidrug-resistant Shigella sonnei carrying plasmid-mediated mcr-1 gene in China

    • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

    • Publication date: Available online 28 February 2018


      Author(s): Qiuxia Ma, Yong Huang, Jian Wang, Xuebin Xu, Jane Hawkey, Chaojie Yang, Beibei Liang, Xiaofeng Hu, Fuli Wu, Xiaoxia Yang, Jinyan Wang, Rongrui Li, Peng Li, Jing Xie, Leili Jia, Ligui Wang, Rongzhang Hao, Yigang Tong, Kathryn E Holt, Shaofu Qiu, Yansong Sun, Hongbin Song

  25. 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