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: Received: 17 January 2024 / Approved: 18 January 2024 / Online: 18 January 2024 (09:54:48 CET)
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: Received: 29 January 2024 / Approved: 30 January 2024 / Online: 30 January 2024 (04:03:53 CET)
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Cebeci, T. Enterococcifrom Food-producing Animals at a Slaughterhouse: Antibiotic Resistance and Genetic Diversity in Turkey. Preprints2024, 2024011386. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202401.1386.v2
Cebeci, T. Enterococci from Food-producing Animals at a Slaughterhouse: Antibiotic Resistance and Genetic Diversity in Turkey. Preprints 2024, 2024011386. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202401.1386.v2
Cebeci, T. Enterococcifrom Food-producing Animals at a Slaughterhouse: Antibiotic Resistance and Genetic Diversity in Turkey. Preprints2024, 2024011386. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202401.1386.v2
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Cebeci, T. (2024). Enterococci<em> </em>from Food-producing Animals at a Slaughterhouse: Antibiotic Resistance and Genetic Diversity in Turkey. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202401.1386.v2
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Cebeci, T. 2024 "Enterococci<em> </em>from Food-producing Animals at a Slaughterhouse: Antibiotic Resistance and Genetic Diversity in Turkey" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202401.1386.v2
Abstract
Enterococci are widely acknowledged as prominent pathogens in hospitals, with the potential to transfer resistance genes, virulence factors, or other characteristics that increase their ability to survive in humans. Healthy cattle, sheep, and goats can be reservoirs for gastrointestinal pathogenic fecal enterococci, some of which could be multidrug-resistant to antimicrobials. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence and diversity of Enterococcus species in healthy sheep, goat, and cattle carcasses, as well as to analyze the antimicrobial resistance phenotype/genotype and the virulence gene content. During 2019–2020, carcass surface samples of 150 ruminants were collected in a slaughterhouse.A total of 90 enterococci, comprising 5 species, were obtained.The overall prevalence of enterococci was found to be 60%, out of which 37.7% were identified as E. hirae, 33.3% as E. casseliflavus, 15.5% as E. faecium, 12.2% as E. faecalis, and 1.1% as E. gallinarum. Virulence-associated genes of efaA (12.2%) were commonly observed in the Enterococcus isolates, followed by gelE (3.3%), asaI (3.3%), and ace (2.2%). Characteristic resistance genes were identified by PCR with an incidence of 6.6%, 2.2%, 1.1%, 1.1%, 1.1%, and 1.1% for the tetM, ermB, ermA, aac(6’)Ie-aph(2")-la VanC1, and VanC2 genes, respectively. The high resistance to quinupristin-dalfopristin (28.8%), tetracycline (21.1%), ampisilin (20%), and rifampin (15.5%) was distributed among two, four, four, and five of the five species, respectively. The resistance of Enterococcus isolates to 11 antibiotic groups was determined and multidrug-resistant (MDR) strains occupied 18.8% of the Enterococcus isolates. Efflux pump genes causing multidrug resistance were detected in Enterococcus isolates (34.4%). The study's results showed that there were enterococci in the slaughterhouse that were multidrug resistant (MDR) and had a number of genes linked to virulence that could be harmful to human health.
Biology and Life Sciences, Animal Science, Veterinary Science and Zoology
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