SENSITIVY TO ANTIBIOTICS IN STRAINS OF S. AUREUS ISOLATED FROM COW´S MILK

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;"><p>Strains of&nbsp;<em>S. aureus</em>&nbsp;were isolated from individual milk samples of 500 lacting cows from...

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Main Authors: Eva Dudriková, Jana Pukáčová, Lucia Poľaková
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Language:English
Published: HACCP Consulting 2010-11-01
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Online Access:http://www.potravinarstvo.com/journal1/index.php/potravinarstvo/article/view/21
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author Eva Dudriková
Jana Pukáčová
Lucia Poľaková
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Lucia Poľaková
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description <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;"><p>Strains of&nbsp;<em>S. aureus</em>&nbsp;were isolated from individual milk samples of 500 lacting cows from different areas in Slovakia (PH 1 - Ko&scaron;ice region, 300 samples; PH 2 - Žilina region, 200 samples). The statistical significance between both dairy farms included in the experiment in the presence of genus&nbsp;<em>Staphylococcus</em>&nbsp;isolated on Baird-Parker agar from milk samples was&nbsp;p < 0,0001<sup>(</sup><sup>***)</sup><sup>&nbsp;</sup>. Totally, 122 milk samples were positive for the presence of&nbsp;<em>Staphylococcus aureus</em>&nbsp;(83 Ko&scaron;ice regions, 52 Žilina regions). All 122 isolates of&nbsp;<em>S. aureus</em>&nbsp;were sensitive for the methicilin as detected by interpretative criteria developed by&nbsp;NCCLS (2002).&nbsp;For 122 <em>S. aureus</em>&nbsp;isolates, we compared antibiotic susceptibility results determined by the standardized agar diffusion assay with the PCR assay for the detection of antibiotic resistance&nbsp;<em>mec</em>A gene. For all isolates, we found a correlation between the results of the PCR and those of classical resistance testing. The obtained results were confirmed by PCR analysis, according to which, any of our tested isolate of&nbsp;<em>S. aureus</em>&nbsp;from all 122 individual milk samples from both experimental dairy farms were not positive for the presence of&nbsp;<em>mec</em>A gene coding&nbsp;&nbsp;the methicilin resistance.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal; font-size: 12px;"><strong>doi:10.5219/21</strong></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <br /></span></span>
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spelling doaj.art-8d2f8c31dbd64222b251a80f4b452f822022-12-21T21:18:37ZengHACCP ConsultingPotravinarstvo1338-02301337-09602010-11-0144566410.5219/21SENSITIVY TO ANTIBIOTICS IN STRAINS OF S. AUREUS ISOLATED FROM COW´S MILKEva DudrikováJana PukáčováLucia Poľaková<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;"><p>Strains of&nbsp;<em>S. aureus</em>&nbsp;were isolated from individual milk samples of 500 lacting cows from different areas in Slovakia (PH 1 - Ko&scaron;ice region, 300 samples; PH 2 - Žilina region, 200 samples). The statistical significance between both dairy farms included in the experiment in the presence of genus&nbsp;<em>Staphylococcus</em>&nbsp;isolated on Baird-Parker agar from milk samples was&nbsp;p < 0,0001<sup>(</sup><sup>***)</sup><sup>&nbsp;</sup>. Totally, 122 milk samples were positive for the presence of&nbsp;<em>Staphylococcus aureus</em>&nbsp;(83 Ko&scaron;ice regions, 52 Žilina regions). All 122 isolates of&nbsp;<em>S. aureus</em>&nbsp;were sensitive for the methicilin as detected by interpretative criteria developed by&nbsp;NCCLS (2002).&nbsp;For 122 <em>S. aureus</em>&nbsp;isolates, we compared antibiotic susceptibility results determined by the standardized agar diffusion assay with the PCR assay for the detection of antibiotic resistance&nbsp;<em>mec</em>A gene. For all isolates, we found a correlation between the results of the PCR and those of classical resistance testing. The obtained results were confirmed by PCR analysis, according to which, any of our tested isolate of&nbsp;<em>S. aureus</em>&nbsp;from all 122 individual milk samples from both experimental dairy farms were not positive for the presence of&nbsp;<em>mec</em>A gene coding&nbsp;&nbsp;the methicilin resistance.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal; font-size: 12px;"><strong>doi:10.5219/21</strong></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <br /></span></span>http://www.potravinarstvo.com/journal1/index.php/potravinarstvo/article/view/21milk, antibiotic resistance, mecA gene, PCR
spellingShingle Eva Dudriková
Jana Pukáčová
Lucia Poľaková
SENSITIVY TO ANTIBIOTICS IN STRAINS OF S. AUREUS ISOLATED FROM COW´S MILK
Potravinarstvo
milk, antibiotic resistance, mecA gene, PCR
title SENSITIVY TO ANTIBIOTICS IN STRAINS OF S. AUREUS ISOLATED FROM COW´S MILK
title_full SENSITIVY TO ANTIBIOTICS IN STRAINS OF S. AUREUS ISOLATED FROM COW´S MILK
title_fullStr SENSITIVY TO ANTIBIOTICS IN STRAINS OF S. AUREUS ISOLATED FROM COW´S MILK
title_full_unstemmed SENSITIVY TO ANTIBIOTICS IN STRAINS OF S. AUREUS ISOLATED FROM COW´S MILK
title_short SENSITIVY TO ANTIBIOTICS IN STRAINS OF S. AUREUS ISOLATED FROM COW´S MILK
title_sort sensitivy to antibiotics in strains of s aureus isolated from cow´s milk
topic milk, antibiotic resistance, mecA gene, PCR
url http://www.potravinarstvo.com/journal1/index.php/potravinarstvo/article/view/21
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