期刊
ANIMALS
卷 11, 期 7, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ani11072038
关键词
LA-MRSA; Staphylococcus aureus; CC398; poultry; quails
资金
- RD Project CAREBIO2: Comparative assessment of antimicrobial resistance in environmental biofilms through proteomics-towards innovative theranostic biomarkers - European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) through the Northern Regional Operational Program (N [NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-030101, PTDC/SAU-INF/30101/2017]
- Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT)
- Associate Laboratory for Green Chemistry-LAQV - FCT/MCTES [UIDB/50006/2020, UIDP/50006/2020]
- FCT (Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia) [SFRH/BD/137947/2018]
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [SFRH/BD/137947/2018] Funding Source: FCT
MRSA is an important pathogen globally, with livestock-associated MRSA being a zoonotic pathogen. This study isolated 29 MRSA strains from slaughtered quails, all of which showed resistance to multiple antibiotics, with most strains belonging to the ST398 lineage.
Simple Summary Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is an important pathogen in both humans and animals worldwide. MRSA associated with livestock is a zoonotic pathogen that has been reported in several animals and, although its infections in humans are rare, this strain is recognized as an occupational hazard for people working in direct contact with livestock. Thus, we aimed to isolate MRSA from quails and to characterize their antimicrobial resistance and genetic lineages. One hundred swab samples were recovered from quails at the slaughterhouse. To investigate the prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of MRSA in poultry, we conducted this study on 100 quails slaughtered for human consumption. The antimicrobial resistance was investigated in all isolates as well as virulence genes and genetic lineages. Twenty-nine MRSA were isolated. The results showed that all MRSA isolates had resistance to multiple antibiotics. All strains were classified as livestock-associated. Most strains belonged to a well-known livestock-associated lineage: CC398. Livestock-associated MRSA (LA-MRSA) is a zoonotic pathogen that has been reported in several animals, and it is often associated with clonal complex (CC) 398. We aimed to isolate MRSA from quails and to characterize their antimicrobial resistance and genetic lineages. One hundred swab samples were recovered from quails at the slaughterhouse. The swabs were inoculated onto CHROMagar (TM) MRSA agar plates for MRSA isolation. The presence of antimicrobial-resistant genes and virulence factors was investigated by PCR. All strains were typed by MLST, SCCmec-, spa- and agr-typing. From the 100 samples, 29 MRSA were isolated. All strains were resistant to penicillin, cefoxitin, ciprofloxacin, erythromycin and clindamycin and carried the blaZ, mecA, ermB and ermC genes. All strains, except one, showed resistance to tetracycline and harbored the tetM, tetK and tetL genes in different combinations. Twenty strains belonged to ST398 and SCCmec type V, and nine strains belonged to the new ST6831. Twenty-eight out of twenty-nine strains were ascribed to t011 and one to t108. As far as we know, this is the first report of MRSA from quails slaughtered for human consumption. Most strains belonged to ST398-t011, which is the most common LA-MRSA clone found in livestock in Europe.
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