Italian Journal of Food Safety (Sep 2008)

BIOMOLECULAR IDENTIFICATION OF METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STRAINS OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS (MRSA) ISOLATED FROM MEAT AND MEAT PROCESSING ENVIRONMENTS

  • V. D’Orio,
  • A.R. Festino,
  • C. Costanzo,
  • P. Di Ciccio,
  • G. Colavita,
  • A. Vergara

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4081/ijfs.2008.1.35
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 1, no. 1
pp. 35 – 38

Abstract

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371 samples from meat and meat-environments were collected and examined for the detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The structural gene for penicillin-binding protein 2a (mecA gene), was amplified by PCR and detected by agarose gel electrophoresis. 96 samples (25.8%), contained S. aureus and 2 of them (2.08%) were mecA positive. Further assays are necessary to evaluate the spread of MRSA in food and food-environments.

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