Listeria monocytogenes – An examination of food chain factors potentially contributing to antimicrobial resistance

Allen, Kevin; Wałecka-Zacharska, Ewa; Chen, Jessica C.; Kosek-Paszkowska, Katarzyna; Devlieghere, Frank; Meervenne, Eva Van; Osek, Jacek; Wieczorek, Kinga; Bania, Jacek

doi:10.1016/j.fm.2014.08.006

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“…The documented longer survival of serotype 1/2a in food and food processing facilities might expose this serotype to factors that increase the antibiotic resistance by L. monocytogenes such as the horizontal transfer of antibiotic resistance genes and the repeated exposure to disinfectants and stresses (Allen et al . ).…”

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Characterization of Listeria monocytogenes from three countries and antibiotic resistance differences among countries and Listeria monocytogenes serogroups

Obaidat

Salman

Lafi

et al. 2015

Lett Appl Microbiol

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A total of 104 Listeria monocytogenes isolates from 330 fish samples from three countries were characterized by multiplex PCR for serogrouping and virulence markers determination and tested for antibiotics resistance. A 53·8% of the isolates belonged to serogroup 1/2a, 3a; 32% belonged to 1/2b, 3b, 7; 14·4% belonged to 4b, 4d, 4e and 1% belonged to 1/2c, 3c. All isolates exhibited resistance to at least one antibiotic but the resistance rates varied among countries. The isolates exhibited high resistance to penicillin, rifampicin, clindamycin, erythromycin and tetracycline, but low resistance to amoxicillin-clavulanic acid, streptomycin, sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim, gentamicin, chloramphenicol and kanamycin. When comparing countries, the resistance rate for rifampicin, clindamycin, erythromycin, tetracycline, amoxicillin-clavulanic acid varied among countries. When comparing serogroup, 1/2a, 3a exhibited the highest resistance to clindamycin, erythromycin, tetracycline and vancomycin while serogroup 4b, 4d, 4e exhibited the highest resistance to amoxicillin-clavulanic acid. All isolates carried inlA, inlC, inlJ and lmo2672. Listeriolysin S was carried by 42 and 30% of 4b and 1/2b isolates respectively. Significance and impact of the study: This is one of few studies to correlate antibiotic resistance with Listeria monocytogenes serogroups. The study also compared the antibiotic resistance and serogroups of L. monocytogenes isolates from three countries in one single study. The findings of this study will be helpful in improving data on the antibiotics resistance of L. monocytogenes in developing countries and enriches the epidemiological and public health studies of L. monocytogenes.

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Characterization of Listeria monocytogenes from three countries and antibiotic resistance differences among countries and Listeria monocytogenes serogroups

Obaidat

Salman

Lafi

et al. 2015

Lett Appl Microbiol

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“…L. monocytogenes was first recognized as a human foodborne pathogen in 1981, following a Canadian outbreak linked to contaminated coleslaw (Schlech et al, ). It is estimated that more than 99% of human listeriosis results from consumption of contaminated food, particularly ready‐to‐eat (RTE) foods, such as deli meats, dairy products (i.e., soft cheeses), smoked fish, and seafood (Allen et al, ; Swaminathan and Gerner‐Smidt, ). However, a recent recall due to a multistate outbreak of listeriosis was linked to packaged salads produced at Springfield, Ohio Dole Processing Facility that caused 1 death and 19 hospitalization cases (http://www.cdc.gov/listeria/outbreaks/bagged-salads-01-16/index.html, accessed on 09‐30‐16), and indicates that leafy green foods can also represent a vector.…”

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Human pathogens in plant biofilms: Formation, physiology, and detection

Ximenes

Hoagland

et al. 2017

Biotech & Bioengineering

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Fresh produce, viewed as an essential part of a healthy life style is usually consumed in the form of raw or minimally processed fruits and vegetables, and is a potentially important source of food-borne human pathogenic bacteria and viruses. These are passed on to the consumer since the bacteria can form biofilms or otherwise populate plant tissues, thereby using plants as vectors to infect animal hosts. The life cycle of the bacteria in plants differs from those in animals or humans and results in altered physiochemical and biological properties (e.g., physiology, immunity, native microflora, physical barriers, mobility, and temperature). Mechanisms by which healthy plants may become contaminated by microorganisms, develop biofilms, and then pass on their pathogenic burden to people are explored in the context of hollow fiber microfiltration by which plant-derived microorganisms may be recovered and rapidly concentrated to facilitate study of their properties. Enzymes, when added to macerated plant tissues, hydrolyze or alter macromolecules that would otherwise foul hollow-fiber microfiltration membranes. Hence, microfiltration may be used to quickly increase the concentration of microorganisms to detectable levels. This review discusses microbial colonization of vegetables, formation and properties of biofilms, and how hollow fiber microfiltration may be used to concentrate microbial targets to detectable levels. The use of added enzymes helps to disintegrate biofilms and minimize hollow fiber membrane fouling, thereby providing a new tool for more time effectively elucidating mechanisms by which biofilms develop and plant tissue becomes contaminated with human pathogens. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 2017;114: 1403-1418. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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“…Two milk samples contained pathogenic bacteria (Listeria monocytogenes and Staphylococcus aureus) that pose a potential hazard for consumer health. Allen et al (2016) suggested that Interestingly, genomic analysis of L. monocytogenes revealed a number of loci, including genes encoding putative efflux pumps, penicillin binding proteins, autolysins, and cell wall-related proteins, which are regulated or putatively regulated by sB (Begley et al, 2006). Thus, it is not surprising that sB regulates genes and operons involved in AMR in various Gram positive bacteria.…”

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A Review: Prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility profile of listeria species in milk products

Sarfraz¹,

Ashraf²,

Ashraf³

2017

Matrix sci. medica

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More than 200 known diseases are transmitted through food. The causes of foodborne illness include viruses, bacteria, parasites, toxins, metals, prions, and the symptoms of foodborne illness range from mild gastroenteritis to life-threatening neurologic, hepatic and renal syndromes. In the United States, foodborne diseases have been estimated to cause 6 million to 81 million illnesses and up to 9,000 deaths each year. Milk borne pathogens caused serious diseases in the human which may be related to the raw milk, improper pasteurization of milk and milk products. Some biological tools are developed for the measuring of the contamination by the pathogens. Such species like Listeria, Salmonella and Campylobacter species. Such factors which involved in the contamination catalogue between the area where impermanent cattle confinement, low milk production, low milking machine cleaning frequency, and milk storage area.

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Listeria monocytogenes – An examination of food chain factors potentially contributing to antimicrobial resistance

Cited by 98 publications

References 167 publications

Characterization of Listeria monocytogenes from three countries and antibiotic resistance differences among countries and Listeria monocytogenes serogroups

Characterization of Listeria monocytogenes from three countries and antibiotic resistance differences among countries and Listeria monocytogenes serogroups

Human pathogens in plant biofilms: Formation, physiology, and detection

A Review: Prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility profile of listeria species in milk products

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