IMPACT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION WITH MRSA IN CATTLE FARMS | ||
| Journal of the Egyptian Veterinary Medical Association | ||
| Volume 78, Issue 4, December 2018, Pages 535-550 PDF (1.02 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Research Articles | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Staphylococcus aureus is an important hospital- and community-associated pathogen that can cause a wide variety of infectious diseases. Eighty two (34 %) Staphylococcus aureus were isolated from the different samples collected from randomly selected cattle and buffaloes farms in Kalubia governorate. The positive isolates tested against 4 antibiotics (Oxacillin, cefoxitin, amoxicillin clavulanic acid and ampicillin sulbactam) used in the study area, showed twenty one out of 82 (25.6%) to be resistant. PCR was also used to detect the gene mecA in 8 (38%) of the 21 MRSA. The highest % of mec A gene was recorded from soil samples, the highest % of positive MRSA S.aureus was recorded from hand swab samples (40%) ,soil samples(33.3%). The farm environment mainly soil and hand swabs unhygienic management procedures potentiate the survival of S. aureus ( MRSA- S. aureus) and expression of mec A gene form rectal swab and soil samples. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Staphylococcus aureus; MRSA; Antibiotic resistance; mec A | ||
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