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http://dx.doi.org/10.5851/kosfa.2020.e50

Prevalence and Characteristics of Antimicrobial-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus from Retail Meat in Korea  

Kim, Yong Hoon (Food Microbiology Division, National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation, Ministry of Food and Drug Safety)
Kim, Han Sol (Food Microbiology Division, National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation, Ministry of Food and Drug Safety)
Kim, Seokhwan (Food Microbiology Division, National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation, Ministry of Food and Drug Safety)
Kim, Migyeong (Food Microbiology Division, National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation, Ministry of Food and Drug Safety)
Kwak, Hyo Sun (Food Microbiology Division, National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation, Ministry of Food and Drug Safety)
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Food Science of Animal Resources / v.40, no.5, 2020 , pp. 758-771 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was to investigate the prevalence and characteristics of antimicrobial-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) from 4,264 retail meat samples including beef, pork, and chicken in Korea between 2013 and 2018. A broth microdilution antimicrobial susceptibility testing was performed for S. aureus. Molecular typing by multilocus sequence typing (MLST), spa typing, and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), was performed on mecA-positive S. aureus strain. S. aureus was isolated at a rate of 18.2% (777/4,264), of which MRSA comprised 0.7% (29 strains). MLST analysis showed that 11 out of the 29 MRSA isolates were predominantly sequence type (ST) 398 (37.9%). In addition, ST72, ST692, ST188, ST9, and ST630 were identified in the MRSA isolates. The spa typing results were classified into 11 types and showed a high correlation with MLST. The antimicrobial resistance assays revealed that MRSA showed 100% resistance to cefoxitin and penicillin. In addition, resistance to tetracycline (62.1%), clindamycin (55.2%), and erythromycin (55.2%) was relatively high; 27 of the 29 MRSA isolates exhibited multidrug resistance. PFGE analysis of the 18 strains excluding the 11 ST398 strains exhibited a maximum of 100% homology and a minimum of 64.0% homology. Among these, three pairs of isolates showed 100% homology in PFGE; these results were consistent with the MLST and spa typing results. Identification of MRSA at the final consumption stage has potential risks, suggesting that continuous monitoring of retail meat products is required.
Keywords
antimicrobial resistance; methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA); multilocus sequence typing (MLST); spa typing; pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE);
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