Prevalence and antibiotic resistance of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in animal originated foods

Authors : Figen ÇETİNKAYA, Tülay ELAL MUŞ, Gül Ece SOYUTEMİZ, Recep ÇIBIK

Pages : 588-593

Doi:10.3906/vet-1211-34

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Publication Date : 0000-00-00

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :A total of 270 animal-originated foods purchased from markets, including milk and dairy products, fresh and processed meat products, and poultry and poultry products, were analysed to determine the prevalence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(VRE);. VRE were isolated from 12 out of 270 samples insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(4.4%);: 6 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(6%); from fresh meat and meat products and 6 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(8.6%); from poultry and poultry products. VRE strains were identified as Enterococcus faecium insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(6 strains);, E. avium insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(4 strains);, E. durans insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(1 strain); and E. gallinarum insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(1 strain);. Among these strains, 11 had high levels of vancomycin resistance insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(2 E. faecium strains had minimum inhibitory concentrations [MICs] equivalent to 64 µg/mL and the others had MICs of =>256 µg/mL);, while the remaining 1 E. faecium had intermediate levels of vancomycin resistance insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(MIC = 12 µg/mL);. In addition to vancomycin, all of the VRE strains were also resistant to one or more antibiotics, including teicoplanin, ampicillin, penicillin, ciprofloxacin and tetracycline.
Keywords : Key words Enterococcus, vancomycin resistant enterococci, multidrug resistance, food, prevalence