| isolation and characterization of listeria monocytogenes isolates from retail foods in shaanxi province, china. | listeria monocytogenes is an important foodborne pathogen of public health concern. a total of 902 retail food samples, including 342 ready-to-eat (rte) foods, 366 infant foods, and 194 raw chickens were collected randomly in supermarkets and farmers' markets in 12 geographic areas in shaanxi province, china and screened for l. monocytogenes. all l. monocytogenes isolates were characterized by antimicrobial susceptibility testing, serotyping, and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (pfge). twenty-s ... | 2013 | 23841657 |