COAGULASE POSITIVE STAPHYLOCOCCI IN SOME MEAT PRODUCTS

Document Type : Research article

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Abstract

Forty five samples of raw minced meat, fresh sausage, lunchon meat and basterma, collected from Assiut city markets, were examined for incidence and colony count of coagulase positive Staphylococci. The results revealed that coagulase positive Staphyloccocci was more frequently detected in raw minced meat (60%), followed by fresh sausage (40%), while the organism could not be detected in lunchon meat and basterma.