The extensive use of antibiotics as growth promoters, or their continued abusive misuse to cure or prevent the onset of bacterial infections as occurs in the intensive farming, may have played a pivotal role in the spread of reservoirs of antibiotic resistance (AR) among food-associated bacteria including pathogens representing risks to human health. The present study compares the incidence of tetracycline and erythromycin resistances in lactic acid bacteria (LAB) and coagulase negative staphylococci (CNS) from fermented products manufacturing using meat from intensive animal husbandry (industrialized manufacturing Italian salami) and from extensive farms (artisanal sausages facilities pork and llama Argentinean sausages). A higher incidence of tetracycline resistance (TET-R) compared to erythromycin resistance (ERY-R) was observed among the 205 iso-lates. Unlike CNS strains, the LAB showed a significant correlation between the TET-R and the ERY-R phenotypes. Genotypic assessment shows a high correlation with tetK and tetM for the TET-R strains and with ermB and ermC for the ERY-R strains. Multiple correspondence analyses have high-lighted the association between AR phenotypes and CNS species isolated from Italian salami, while the susceptible phenotypes were associated with the LAB species from Argentinean sausages. Since antibiotic resistance in meat-associated bacteria is a very complex phenomenon, the assessment of bacterial resistance in different environmental contexts with diverse farming practices and food production technologies will help in monitoring the factors influencing AR emergence and spread in animal production.

Fontana, C. A., Patrone, V., Lopez, C. M., Morelli, L., Rebecchi, A., Incidence of tetracycline and erythromycin resistance in meat-associated bacteria: Impact of different livestock management strategies, <<MICROORGANISMS>>, 2021; 9 (10): 2111-2124. [doi:10.3390/microorganisms9102111] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/190064]

Incidence of tetracycline and erythromycin resistance in meat-associated bacteria: Impact of different livestock management strategies

Fontana, Cecilia Alejandra
Primo
Investigation
;
Patrone, Vania
Secondo
Data Curation
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Lopez, Constanza Maria
Formal Analysis
;
Morelli, Lorenzo
Penultimo
Supervision
;
Rebecchi, Annalisa
Ultimo
Data Curation
2021

Abstract

The extensive use of antibiotics as growth promoters, or their continued abusive misuse to cure or prevent the onset of bacterial infections as occurs in the intensive farming, may have played a pivotal role in the spread of reservoirs of antibiotic resistance (AR) among food-associated bacteria including pathogens representing risks to human health. The present study compares the incidence of tetracycline and erythromycin resistances in lactic acid bacteria (LAB) and coagulase negative staphylococci (CNS) from fermented products manufacturing using meat from intensive animal husbandry (industrialized manufacturing Italian salami) and from extensive farms (artisanal sausages facilities pork and llama Argentinean sausages). A higher incidence of tetracycline resistance (TET-R) compared to erythromycin resistance (ERY-R) was observed among the 205 iso-lates. Unlike CNS strains, the LAB showed a significant correlation between the TET-R and the ERY-R phenotypes. Genotypic assessment shows a high correlation with tetK and tetM for the TET-R strains and with ermB and ermC for the ERY-R strains. Multiple correspondence analyses have high-lighted the association between AR phenotypes and CNS species isolated from Italian salami, while the susceptible phenotypes were associated with the LAB species from Argentinean sausages. Since antibiotic resistance in meat-associated bacteria is a very complex phenomenon, the assessment of bacterial resistance in different environmental contexts with diverse farming practices and food production technologies will help in monitoring the factors influencing AR emergence and spread in animal production.
2021
Inglese
Fontana, C. A., Patrone, V., Lopez, C. M., Morelli, L., Rebecchi, A., Incidence of tetracycline and erythromycin resistance in meat-associated bacteria: Impact of different livestock management strategies, <<MICROORGANISMS>>, 2021; 9 (10): 2111-2124. [doi:10.3390/microorganisms9102111] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/190064]
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