High prevalence of vancomycin non-susceptible and multi-drug resistant enterococci in farmed animals and fresh retail meats in Bangladesh

Abstract

The emergence of antimicrobial resistant Enterococcus spp., a main cause of untreatable nosocomial infection, in food animals and dissemination to humans is a public health risk. The study was performed to determine the prevalence and antimicrobial resistance, and virulence characteristics of Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium in food animals and meats in Bangladesh. Enterococcus spp., were confirmed using sodA gene specific PCR, and antimicrobial resistance and virulence properties were characterized by PCR. Enterococcus spp. were recovered from 57% of the collected samples (n = 201/352). Farm samples yielded significantly higher (p

Keywords

Enterococcus spp; Food safety; Livestock; Multi-drug resistance; Virulence; Antimicrobial resistance

Published in

Veterinary Research Communications
2022, volume: 46, number: 3, pages: 811-822
Publisher: SPRINGER

SLU Authors

• Lindahl, Johanna

  • Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    
  • International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

• Lindahl, Johanna

  • Uppsala University

Associated SLU-program

AMR: Bacteria

UKÄ Subject classification

Pathobiology

Publication identifier

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11259-022-09906-7

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/116933