| Title: |
Characterisation of Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus aureus – like strains isolated from table eggs |
| Authors: |
Pyzik, Ewelina; Marek, Agnieszka; Hauschild, Tomasz |
| Source: |
Bulletin of the Veterinary Institute in Pulawy ; volume 58, issue 1, page 57-63 ; ISSN 2300-3235 |
| Publisher Information: |
Walter de Gruyter GmbH |
| Publication Year: |
2014 |
| Description: |
The aim of the study was to provide a detailed phenotypic and genotypic characterisation of Staphylococcus aureus strains and the group of microorganisms with unusual biochemical patterns (called Staphylococcus aureus-like) isolated from table chicken eggs. All of the strains tested exhibited resistance to at least one of the 17 antibiotics tested, and 55.55% of isolates were found to be resistant to five or more of them. PCR used for detection of the methicillin resistance gene (mecA) confirmed the presence of a specific product of 533 bp in the case of two of the isolated S. aureus-like strains. Analysis of the phylogenetic relationship between eight of S. aureus and ten S. aureus-like strains distinguished 18 macrorestriction profiles following digestion with SmaI endonuclease, indicating that there were no identical strains with the same macrorestriction profile. However, the presence of methicillin-resistant strains indicates a serious risk to consumer health. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
English |
| DOI: |
10.2478/bvip-2014-0009 |
| Availability: |
https://doi.org/10.2478/bvip-2014-0009; http://content.sciendo.com/view/journals/bvip/58/1/article-p57.xml; https://www.sciendo.com/pdf/10.2478/bvip-2014-0009 |
| Rights: |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0 |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.9E85B951 |
| Database: |
BASE |