Multi-drug Resistant Coagulase Positive Staphylococcus aureus from Live and Slaughtered Chickens in Zaria, Nigeria

Prevalence and Characterization of Antibiotic Resistance Food Borne Pathogens Isolated from Locally Produced Chicken Raw Meat and their Handlers

“…High resistance against Naldixic acid was also found; while various degree of resistance was presented to the examined antibiotics (Table 4). Resistance to Tetracycline was similar to that obtained by Otalu et al [62]. Nearly similar resistance to Chloramphenicol was recorded by Yurdakul et al [63].…”

“…Antibiotics have been extensively used in poultry for therapy or as growth promotion, continuous use of antibiotics in poultry feed disrupt the gut flora and thought to be the major cause of drug resistance in food borne pathogens [62]. Raw chicken meat is usually consumed in Egypt, therefore, the presence of antibiotic resistant strains in chicken meat are considered as an alarming risk factor in the food chain and leading to continuous circulation of resistant strains of the bacteria in the environment and the possible contamination of water and food.…”

Prevalence and antibiogram study of Salmonella and Staphylococcus aureus in poultry meat

“…While the lowest resistance of the isolates 18.18% were against chloramphenicol. Resistance to gentamicin and kanamycin were about 36.36%. The resistance against nalidixic acid was found 54.54%.…”

“…In antibiogram study for S. aureus isolates from meat origin, Heo et al reported 92.9% and 50% resistance of tetracycline and ampicillin respectively [15] . Otalu et al reported 100% resistance in S. aureus isolates from poultry meat against tetracycline and 61.5% against methicillin in Nigeria [36] . They reported 46.2% and 15.4% resistance against chloramphenicol and ciprofloxacin whereas, 38.5% against gentamicin and sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim.…”

“…Achi and Madubuikereported 59.2% tetracycline to S. aureus isolates from ready-to-eat food [13] . Extensive uses of these antibiotics are thought to be the major cause of drug resistance in foodborne pathogens [36] .…”