| one-year (2003) nationwide pork carcass microbiological baseline data survey in taiwan. | from january through december 2003, swab samples from 1,650 pork carcasses were collected from 39 slaughter plants in taiwan. these samples were analyzed for the prevalence of indicator microorganisms and specific pathogens. viable aerobic bacteria, total coliforms, and escherichia coli were recovered from 100, 95.3, and 87.5% of these carcasses, respectively. of those carcasses that harbored bacteria, the mean aerobic plate, total coliform, and escherichia coli counts were 4.0, 0.6, and 0.1 log ... | 2005 | 15771166 |
| clinical significance of potential contaminants in blood cultures among patients in a medical center. | blood culture is important for the diagnosis of sepsis, but it is sometimes difficult to differentiate true bacteremia from pseudobacteremia. this study proposed clinical criteria and evaluated the role of repeat blood cultures in assessing the clinical significance of potential contaminants in blood cultures (pcbcs). | 2007 | 17932605 |
| pathogenic microbiological baseline survey of pork carcasses in taiwan. | from 2004 to 2010, pork carcass swabs from state-inspected slaughter plants in taiwan were intermittently analyzed to determine the prevalence of selected pathogenic microorganisms associated with foodborne illness. the prevalences of staphylococcus aureus each year from 2006 to 2010 were 6.6, 10.8, 5.1, 6.4, and 7.4%, respectively, while those of listeria monocytogenes were 1.2% in 2004, 1.3% in 2005, and 3.5% in 2008. the prevalences of clostridium perfringens were 0.9% in 2004, 3.2% in 2005, ... | 2013 | 23726203 |
| regulatory/modulatory effect of prune essence concentrate on intestinal function and blood lipids. | prunus domestica linn (rosaceae) has been considered a functional food, owing to its various pharmacological activities, including antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antidiabetic and anticancer. | 2017 | 28164731 |
| incidence and antimicrobial susceptibility to clostridium perfringens in premarket broilers in taiwan. | clostridium perfringens infection causes subclinical and clinical necrotic enteritis in poultry flocks, and it is estimated to result in us$2 billion of losses worldwide every year. the aims of this study were to determine the incidence, toxin types, and antimicrobial resistance levels to c. perfringens isolated from premarket, 5-wk-old, clinically healthy broiler chickens in taiwan, and to examine the relationships between intestinal lesions and the numbers of c. perfringens in intestinal conte ... | 2016 | 27309285 |