Detection of Salmonella spp. in retail raw food samples from Vietnam and characterization of their antibiotic resistance. Export

@article{foodborne-bac-res-vn-2007, abstract = {A study was conducted to examine the levels of Salmonella spp. contamination in raw food samples, including chicken, beef, pork, and shellfish, from Vietnam and to determine their antibiotic resistance characteristics. A total of 180 samples were collected and examined for the presence of Salmonella spp., yielding 91 Salmonella isolates. Sixty-one percent of meat and 18\% of shellfish samples were contaminated with Salmonella spp. Susceptibility of all isolates to a variety of antimicrobial agents was tested, and resistance to tetracycline, ampicillin/amoxicillin, nalidixic acid, sulfafurazole, and streptomycin was found in 40.7\%, 22.0\%, 18.7\%, 16.5\%, and 14.3\% of the isolates, respectively. Resistance to enrofloxacin, trimethoprim, chloramphenicol, kanamycin, and gentamicin was also detected (8.8 to 2.2\%). About half (50.5\%) of the isolates were resistant to at least one antibiotic, and multiresistant Salmonella isolates, resistant to at least three different classes of antibiotics, were isolated from all food types. One isolate from chicken (serovar Albany) contained a variant of the Salmonella genomic island 1 antibiotic resistance gene cluster. The results show that antibiotic resistance in Salmonella spp. in raw food samples from Vietnam is significant.}, author = {Van, T. T. and Moutafis, G. and Istivan, T. and Tran, L. T. and Coloe, P. J.}, citeulike-article-id = {5105651}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.00972-07}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17766455}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=17766455}, doi = {10.1128/AEM.00972-07}, issn = {0099-2240}, journal = {Applied and environmental microbiology}, keywords = {bacteria, drug, foodborne, resistance, vietnam}, month = {November}, number = {21}, pages = {6885--6890}, posted-at = {2009-07-10 13:32:09}, priority = {2}, title = {Detection of Salmonella spp. in retail raw food samples from Vietnam and characterization of their antibiotic resistance.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.00972-07}, volume = {73}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - foodborne-bac-res-vn-2007 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5105651 N2 - A study was conducted to examine the levels of Salmonella spp. contamination in raw food samples, including chicken, beef, pork, and shellfish, from Vietnam and to determine their antibiotic resistance characteristics. A total of 180 samples were collected and examined for the presence of Salmonella spp., yielding 91 Salmonella isolates. Sixty-one percent of meat and 18% of shellfish samples were contaminated with Salmonella spp. Susceptibility of all isolates to a variety of antimicrobial agents was tested, and resistance to tetracycline, ampicillin/amoxicillin, nalidixic acid, sulfafurazole, and streptomycin was found in 40.7%, 22.0%, 18.7%, 16.5%, and 14.3% of the isolates, respectively. Resistance to enrofloxacin, trimethoprim, chloramphenicol, kanamycin, and gentamicin was also detected (8.8 to 2.2%). About half (50.5%) of the isolates were resistant to at least one antibiotic, and multiresistant Salmonella isolates, resistant to at least three different classes of antibiotics, were isolated from all food types. One isolate from chicken (serovar Albany) contained a variant of the Salmonella genomic island 1 antibiotic resistance gene cluster. The results show that antibiotic resistance in Salmonella spp. in raw food samples from Vietnam is significant. IS - 21 JF - Applied and environmental microbiology SN - 0099-2240 EP - 6890 TI - Detection of Salmonella spp. in retail raw food samples from Vietnam and characterization of their antibiotic resistance. VL - 73 SP - 6885 KW - bacteria KW - drug KW - foodborne KW - resistance KW - vietnam AU - Van, TT AU - Moutafis, G AU - Istivan, T AU - Tran, LT AU - Coloe, PJ PY - 2007/11// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.00972-07 ER -