Methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from food and wild animal carcasses in Italy.

Abstract:

:Following the detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) ST398 in food-producing animals, both livestock and wildlife, and derived products, are considered potential sources of MRSA in humans. There is a paucity of data on MRSA in foods in Italy, and the data regarding wild animals are particularly scarce. A total of 2162 food samples collected during official monitoring activities in 2008 were analyzed for the detection of S. aureus. Also, samples from 1365 wild animals collected by the National Reference Center for Wild Animal Diseases in 2003-2009 were subjected to anatomopathological examination. S. aureus isolates were processed for phenotypic and molecular methicillin resistance determinations. S. aureus was found in 2.0% of wild animal carcasses and in 3.2% of wild boar lymph nodes: none showed methicillin resistance. The prevalence of S. aureus in food was 17.1%. Two MRSA strains, both from bulk tank milk (prevalence 0.77%) were isolated: the strains were resistant to tetracycline, had spa-type t899, and were negative for the Panton-Valentine leukocidin gene. The low prevalence of MRSA suggests that the risk of transmission to humans via food is limited. However, attention should be paid to the cattle food chain, which may be a potential route of transmission of LA-MRSA.

journal_name

Food Microbiol

journal_title

Food microbiology

authors

Traversa A,Gariano GR,Gallina S,Bianchi DM,Orusa R,Domenis L,Cavallerio P,Fossati L,Serra R,Decastelli L

doi

10.1016/j.fm.2015.07.012

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2015-12-01 00:00:00

pages

154-8

eissn

0740-0020

issn

1095-9998

pii

S0740-0020(15)00145-8

journal_volume

52

pub_type

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