Prevalence and characteristics of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in humans in contact with farm animals, in livestock, and in food of animal origin, Switzerland, 2009

Huber, H.; Koller, Saskia M.; Giezendanner, N.; Stephan, Roger; Zweifel, Claudio

doi:10.2807/ese.15.16.19542-en

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“…It was hypothesized that Staph. aureus would be isolated from milk samples but the prevalence of MRSA would be low (Table 4), in agreement with Lee (2003); Stastkova et al (2009); Virgin et al (2009); Huber et al (2010). Additionally, It was noticed that the prevalence of MRSA became lower than Staph.…”

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PCR METHOD FOR DETECTION OF mecA GENE IN METHICILLIN-RESISTANCE Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) STRAINS ISOLATED FROM MILK AND MILKING SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT

2011

Assiut Veterinary Medical Journal

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The statistical analysis results proved a significant correlation among the isolated strains in the milking surrounding environments of both dairy cows and buffalos; in which, a significant correlation between milk samples and also between soil and water in the cows' environment. With attention to the buffalos' environment, a significant correlation was found between clinically normal milk and both of air and water; also, a significant correlation among air, soil and water was noticed. According to the obtained results, the role of some ecological parameters on the distribution of mecA-positive MRSA strains was observed as a significant correlation between muddy floor and both types of rearing, and also between dry floor and mixed rearing in the milking surrounding environments of both dairy cows and buffalos.

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PCR METHOD FOR DETECTION OF mecA GENE IN METHICILLIN-RESISTANCE Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) STRAINS ISOLATED FROM MILK AND MILKING SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT

2011

Assiut Veterinary Medical Journal

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“…Many studies have investigated MRSA nasal colonization among personnel in contact with animals, especially farmers and veterinarians (van Cleef et al, 2014). In our survey, the anterior nares 1 out of 15 investigated workers from farms were colonised by MRSA, that were higher than in other studies: in China no MRSA in 107 slaughterhouse workers (Cui et al, 2009) in Switzerland no MRSA in 179 slaughterhouse workers (Huber et al, 2010), in Netherlands 5.6% of nasal carriage from 195 pigs in slaughterhouse, which was higher than the prevalence 0.1 among the general population of the country (van Cleef et al, 2010). High con-centration of MRSA in barns may also be an issue of occupation health.…”

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MRSA in Pig Population

Ivbule¹,

Miklaševičs

Cupane

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Polish Journal of Microbiology

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Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is widespread worldwide in different types of animal species and as a zoonosis takes a great risk for human health not only as a food toxicoinfection, but also as a highly resistant pathogen causing serious soft tissue infectious, septicaemia and even death. One of the most affected food-producing animal species is swine in the production of which new antibiotics in big amounts are used more and more continuously, increasing antimicrobial resistance. In this study several commercial pig farms and pigs with different age groups as well as farm workers and samples from environment were examined with the purpose of detecting MRSA prevalence and evaluating antimicrobial resistance. A total of 85 isolated MRSA strains were characterised by conventional microbial and molecular methods. MRSA was found in all farms. MRSA prevalence in different pig age groups and farms varied from none to 79.2% reaching higher values among 3-3.5 (26.6%) and 4-4.5 (31.9%) old pigs. The 98.7% of 74 further investigated MRSA isolates were resistant to penicillin, 94.9% to tetracycline, 45.6% to cephalexin and 10 different spa types were found among which spa type t011 was the most widespread. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time MRSA was researched in sow milk and the first description of the presence of MRSA in several age groups of pigs in Latvia.

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“…The presence of S. aureus in this study was 14% in White-pickled cheeses, 6% in Tulum cheeses, and 8% in pastry creams. The presence of S. aureus in cheeses was higher compared to the study with the same traditional cheeses (6%) by Can and Celik [46] in Turkey, and with the study of Huber et al [47] who did not find any MRSA in 200 raw milk cheeses. A higher prevalence of S. aureus and in raw milk and dairy foods has also been reported in other countries.…”

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Investigation of mecA- and mecC-positive Staphylococcus aureus from raw milk and traditional artisanal dairy foods

Taban

Hassankhani

Aytaç

2021

International Journal of Food Properties

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The recent emergence of LA-MRSA and their identification in people in contact with livestock has increased their importance for dairy sector and has led to the need to check MRSA presence in dairy foods. Therefore, a total of 285 dairy food samples were analyzed for the presence of MRSA. The 285 samples included raw milk (50 samples), traditional cheeses consisting of white-pickled cheese (50 samples) and Tulum cheese (50 samples), yogurt (25 samples), butter (25 samples), traditional clotted cream (20 samples), pastry cream (50 samples), and traditional Maras ice-cream (15 samples). The isolation procedure of S. aureus followed the EN/ISO 6888-1 (01/2004) method. Out of 99 presumptive isolates, 27 S. aureus isolate were identified by both MALDI-TOF MS and PCR. Overall, 15 out of 285 samples (5.26%) were contaminated by S. aureus; however, mean contamination level of S. aureus between different types of foods was observed as the highest in pastry creams with 6.4 × 10 3 CFU/g No S. aureus was isolated in yogurt, butter, traditional clotted cream, and traditional Maras ice-cream samples. Strains with MRSA characteristics were investigated by real-time PCR (RTiPCR)targeting mecA and mecC genes. Out of 27 S. aureus strains, 4 strains carried one gene [mecA gene in 2 strains, isolated from raw milk (sample no: 27) and a White-pickled cheese (sample no: 46); 2 strains carried mecC gene, isolated from two different pastry creams (sample no: 33 and 44)], and only a strain isolated from a pastry cream (sample no: 21) harbored both mecA and mecC genes. None of the strains from Tulum cheeses were positive with either mec genes. This study revealed the relationship of MRSA with raw milk and traditional artisanal dairy products. Extra preventive measures to avoid MRSA-contaminated dairy foods must be applied as their consumption poses a potential risk to public health.

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Prevalence and characteristics of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in humans in contact with farm animals, in livestock, and in food of animal origin, Switzerland, 2009

Cited by 128 publications

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PCR METHOD FOR DETECTION OF mecA GENE IN METHICILLIN-RESISTANCE Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) STRAINS ISOLATED FROM MILK AND MILKING SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT

PCR METHOD FOR DETECTION OF mecA GENE IN METHICILLIN-RESISTANCE Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) STRAINS ISOLATED FROM MILK AND MILKING SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT

MRSA in Pig Population

Investigation of mecA- and mecC-positive Staphylococcus aureus from raw milk and traditional artisanal dairy foods

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