Research Article

Multiplex Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction for Simultaneous Quantification of Salmonella spp., Escherichia coli, and Staphylococcus aureus in Different Food Matrices: Advantages and Disadvantages

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Schematic summary of the methodological procedure for artificial bacterial inoculation in different food matrices and comparison of multiplex qPCR technique with microbiological culture methodologies for Salmonella spp. detection, Escherichia coli, and Staphylococcus aureus quantification (see Material and Methods).