Clinical Microbiology: Open Access

Necula Valentin

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  Research About the Efficency of Using Alternative Methods of Microbiological Food Expertise
  Author(s): Puchianu Gheorghe, Babii Mihaela, Necula Valentin and Enache Dorin ValterPuchianu Gheorghe, Babii Mihaela, Necula Valentin and Enache Dorin Valter
  
  In order to verify the efficiency of the rapid diagnosis alternative methods, in the Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety Laboratory Brasov-Romania, we have examined a total of 9952 samples, collected from various processing units. The examinations that were performed are: the quality indicators enumeration using TEMPO equipment; food pathogens detection using the VIDAS equipment and bacterial identification using the VITEK 2 COMPACT. It was found that 4.3% of the examined samples showed positive results, most non-compliances parameters being recorded as Total Number of Germs (8.9%), Enterobacteriaceae (8.6%), and Staphylococcus spp. (8.3%) and the less at the parameters of Salmonella spp. (0.9%) Listeria spp. (1.8%) and E. coli O157 (0.0%). Part of the serovarians identified by the Vitek 2 Compact method, have been additional confirmed to establish the de.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2327-5073.1000292

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