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Livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Czech retailed ready-to-eat meat products

Authors

GELBÍČOVÁ Tereza BRODÍKOVÁ Kristýna KARPÍŠKOVÁ Renata

Year of publication 2022
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source International Journal of Food Microbiology
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Medicine

Citation
Web https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168160522001994?via%3Dihub
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2022.109727
Keywords Clonal lineages; Fermented meat product; Livestock-associated MRSA; Meat chain; Resistance; Virulence
Description This study was aimed on the detection of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in different categories of retailed ready-to-eat (RTE) meat products from the Czech producers and determination of their genetic properties, antimicrobial resistance and virulence. In RTE meat products, 2% (4/181) of examined samples were MRSA positive. MRSA strains were detected only in durable fermented meat products made exclusively from pork meat. Detection of livestock-associated MRSA (LA-MRSA) clonal lineages (ST398 and ST4999), SCCmec cassette type V and tetracycline resistance indicate a source of contamination from raw pork. The study confirms the ability of these strains to survive the technological process rather than contamination of meat products from the food processing environment. MRSA strains did not carry any of the tested genes encoding staphylococcal enterotoxins or virulence genes (for Panton-Valentine leukocidin, exfoliative toxins A, B and toxic shock syndrome). Our results point out the spread of LA-MRSA through the meat processing chain.

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