title: Isolation of thermotolerant species of Campylobacter from commercial chicken livers.
abstract: The qualitative and quantitative contamination levels of Campylobacter spp. in frozen commercial chicken livers were assessed. From the 126 samples studied, 117 (92.9%) were positive for Campylobacter spp. C. coli was isolated more frequently (78.6%) than C. jejuni (21.4%). The MPN method showed that Campylobacter contamination levels ranged from 10 to > 230 bacteria/100 ml of liquid exuded by livers.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Clinical Microbiology, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fernández
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pisón
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002167:Campylobacter / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D017000:Campylobacter coli / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology; D016123:Campylobacter jejuni / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology; D002645:Chickens; D005628:Frozen Foods / Q000382:microbiology*; D006358:Hot Temperature; D008099:Liver / Q000382:microbiology*; D008460:Meat / Q000382:microbiology*