Antibiotic resistance of enterococci, coagulase negative staphylococci and Staphylococcus aureus isolated from chicken meat

Naci Erhan Yurdakul, Zerrin Erginkaya and Emel Ünal
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Naci Erhan Yurdakul: Department of Food Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Cukurova, Adana, Turkey
Zerrin Erginkaya: Department of Food Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Cukurova, Adana, Turkey
Emel Ünal: Department of Food Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Cukurova, Adana, Turkey

Czech Journal of Food Sciences, 2013, vol. 31, issue 1, 14-19

Abstract: We determined the antibiotic resistance of enterococci, coagulase negative staphylococci, and Staphylococcus aureus isolated from chicken meat samples. The antibiotic resistance of the isolated strains was estimated by the Kirby-Bauer disk diffusion method (according to the NCCLS document M2-A9 suggestions). It was found that all strains of Enterococcus spp. were resistant to tetracycline, 75% of them were resistant to ciprofloxacin, and 50% of them were resistant to erythromycin, vancomycin, and chloramphenicol. Also all strains of S. aureus were resistant to tetracycline and 25% of S. aureus strains were resistant to erythromycin and chloramphenicol, whereas all strains of S. aureus were sensitive to teicoplanin and 25% of them were sensitive to vancomycin and ciprofloxacin. As for the isolate of coagulase negative staphylococci (CNS), 68.1% of them were resistant to erythromycin, 77.2% of them were resistant to tetracycline, 59% of them were resistant to vancomycin, 9% of them were resistant to teicoplanin, and 27.2% of them were resistant to both chloramphenicol and ciprofloxacin. As a result, it was found that most of the strains (all of S. aureus and Enterococcus spp., also 77.2% CNS) were resistant to tetracycline.

Keywords: Staphylococcus spp.; Enterococcus spp.; susceptibility test; identification; antibiotic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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