Antibiotic resistance is one of the serious threats to
global public health and food
safety today. Acquired antibiotic resistance in microorganisms arises from
prevalent use of antibiotics for human and animal medicine. Owing to the fact that Vancomycin Resistant Enteroccocci (VRE) is a vital
problem for public health, determination of the antibiotic resistance profiles
of Enterococcus spp. isolates have crucial importance as a part of the
farm to fork food safety. In the study, 120 retail chicken meat samples were
analyzed, and 36 (30%) of the samples were detected as Enterococcus spp.
positive. According to the results, the most prevalent species was E.
faecalis with a rate of 44.4% (16/36), followed by 27.8% (10/36) E.
faecium, 11.1% (4/36) E. durans, 2.8% (1/36) E. gallinarum
and 2.8% (1/36) E. casseliflavus. Antibiotic resistance profiles of the
verified Enterococcus spp. isolates were determined with disc diffusion
method in terms of eight different antibiotics. Among the Enterococcus
spp. isolates, 20 (55.5%) isolates were phenotypically resistant to vancomycin,
6 isolates (16.7%) were detected as vanA positive, 3 isolates (8.3%) were
detected as vanB positive, and one isolate (5%) showed high resistance
to vancomycin (MIC >256 µg/ml). Even though the observed percentages are
low, the observed resistance patterns are still of concern for public health.
Primary Language | English |
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Subjects | Veterinary Surgery |
Journal Section | Articles |
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Publication Date | September 9, 2019 |
Published in Issue | Year 2019 |