Antimicrobial Resistance of Enterococcus Species Isolated from Chicken in Turkey

dc.contributor.authorSanlibaba, Pınar
dc.contributor.departmentMühendislik Fakültesitr_TR
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-05T07:36:24Z
dc.date.available2021-01-05T07:36:24Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractThe aim of the present work was to provide information about Enterococcus strains isolated from pre-packaged chicken samples in Ankara (Turkey), focusing on their prevalence, phenotypic and genotypic characteristics, and antibiotic resistance. We report the first study on the occurrence of antibiotic resistant enterococci in pre-packaged chicken samples in Ankara. A total of 97 suspicious enterococcal isolates were identified from 122 chicken samples. All isolates were identified to species level by phenotypic and molecular methods. In the 16S rDNA sequence analysis, Enterococcus faecium (61.85%) and Enterococcus faecalis (38.15%) were found to be the most frequently detected Enterococcus spp. Of the 97 isolates tested for hemolytic activity, 12.37% enterococcal strains were β-hemolytic. β-Hemolysin was most prevalent among E. faecium (58.33%) compared to E. faecalis (41.66%). Disk diffusion method was used for determining of antibiotic resistance. The analysis of the antimicrobial resistance of the 97 Enterococcus isolates revealed that the resistance to kanamycin (98.96%), rifampicin (80.41%) and ampicillin (60.82%) was most frequent. Furthermore, resistance to erythromycin (38.14%) and ciprofloxacin (34.02%) was also observed. The frequencies of resistance to tetracycline (9.27%), penicillin G (8.24%), and chloramphenicol (3.09%), gentamicin (2.06%) and streptomycin (1.03%) were low. None of the isolates was resistant to vancomycin. Multi-drug resistance was found in 97.93% of Enterococcus strains. E. faecium strains showed a more resistant phenotype than E. faecalis strains according to the antibiotic resistance levels. The results of this study indicated that chicken meat is a potential reservoir for the transmission of antibiotic resistance from animals to humans.tr_TR
dc.description.indexPubmed
dc.identifier.endpage402tr_TR
dc.identifier.issue2tr_TR
dc.identifier.startpage391tr_TR
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.5851/kosfa.2018.38.2.391tr_TR
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12575/72623
dc.identifier.volume38tr_TR
dc.language.isoentr_TR
dc.relation.isversionof10.5851/kosfa.2018.38.2.391tr_TR
dc.relation.journalKorean J Food Sci Anim Resour .tr_TR
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıtr_TR
dc.subjectEnterococcustr_TR
dc.subjectantibiotic resistancetr_TR
dc.subjectcharacterizationtr_TR
dc.titleAntimicrobial Resistance of Enterococcus Species Isolated from Chicken in Turkeytr_TR
dc.typeArticletr_TR

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