The current research was done to study the prevalence rate and molecular typing of Acinetobacter baumannii strains isolated from human and animal samples. Onehundred and seventy-four animal meat and 128 human clinical samples were collected and subjected to bacterial culture. A. baumannii isolates were confirmed using the Loop-mediated isothermal amplification. Approved strains were subjected to molecular typing using the multiple-locus variable number tandem repeat analysis method. Fortyfour out of 174 (25.28%) raw meat and 64 out of 128 (50%) human samples were positive for A. baumannii strains. Ovine meat (39.28%) and urine (56.06%) samples had the highest prevalence of A. baumannii strains. Eighteen human isolates were located in eight separate profiles, whereas 18 animal isolates were located in six separate profiles. The highest similarities were found between human-based A. baumannii isolates nos 6, 7 and 18 with isolates nos 5, 11, 13 and 15 (85.6% similarity). The highest similarities were found between animal-based A. baumannii isolates nos 10, 11 and 17 (99.8% similarity). From a total of 10 studied variable copy numbers of tandem repeats (VNTR) loci, 0845, 0826 and 3406 were detected in all animal-based A. baumannii isolates. Moreover, 3406 VNTR loci was only detected in all 18 human-based A. baumannii isolates. A. baumannii isolate no 17 (harbored all 10 VNTR loci) and A. baumannii isolates nos 6, 7 and 18 (harbored 9 VNTR loci) were the most pathogenic human and animal-based strains. Multiple-locus variable number tandem repeat analysis was considered as an accurate and practical method for molecular typing of A. baumannii strains.

Background: Staphylococcus aureus is an important cause of foodborne diseases due to the consumption of contaminated raw chicken meat. The present research was performed to evaluate the phenotypic and genotypic properties of antibiotic resistance, virulence factor profiles and molecular typing of S. aureus strains isolated from chicken meat. A total of 36 S. aureus strains were isolated from raw chicken meat samples. Phenotypic pattern of antibiotic resistance was assessed by disk diffusion. Distribution of antibiotic resistance and virulence genes was evaluated by PCR. Molecular typing of isolates was perform ed by the ERIC-PCR. Results:Considering the over than 80% similarity, 36 S. aureus isolates were classified in 9 different profiles with 43 to 100% similarities. S. aureus strains showed the highest incidence of resistance against penicillin (100%), tetracycline (91.66%), cephalothin (77.77%), ciprofloxacin (75%), erythromycin (75%), mupirocin (63.88%), clindamycin (61.11%) and trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (61.11%). The most commonly detected antibiotic resistance genes amid the S. aureus isolates were mecA (100%), tetK (80.55%), tetM (66.66%), aacA-D (61.11%), msrA (55.55%) and ermA (55.55%).Total distribution of etB, etA, tsst-1, clfA and coa virulence factors amongst the S. aureus strains was 61.11%, 58.33%, 13.88%, 75% and 100%, respectively. Conclusions:Genetic cluster of bacteria affected the antibiotic resistance and virulence characters of S. aureus strains. S. aureus strains with the same ERIC-genetic cluster had similar antibiotic resistance and virulence characters which may show their similar origins. Presence of one or more virulence factors and antibiotic resistance genes amongst the resistant-S. aureus strains signifies an important public health threat rendering the consumption of raw or undercooked chicken meat.