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Primavilla S, Roila R, Rocchegiani E, Blasi G, Petruzzelli A, Gabucci C, Ottaviani D, Di Lullo S, Branciari R, Ranucci D, Valiani A. Assessment of the Microbiological Safety and Hygiene of Raw and Thermally Treated Milk Cheeses Marketed in Central Italy between 2013 and 2020. Life (Basel) 2023; 13:2324. [PMID: 38137925 PMCID: PMC10744727 DOI: 10.3390/life13122324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2023] [Revised: 11/29/2023] [Accepted: 12/09/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023] Open
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A profile of the microbial safety and hygiene of cheese in central Italy was defined based on an analysis of 1373 cheeses sampled under the Italian National Control Plan for Food Safety spanning the years 2013 to 2020 and tested according to Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2073/2005 (as amended). A total of 97.4% of cheese samples were assessed as being satisfactory for food safety criteria and 80.5% for process hygiene criteria. Staphylococcal enterotoxin was found in 2/414 samples, while Salmonella spp. and Listeria monocytogenes were detected in 15 samples out of 373 and 437, respectively. Escherichia coli and coagulase-positive staphylococci counts were found unsatisfactory in 12/61 and 17/88 cheese samples, respectively. The impact of milking species, milk thermal treatment, and cheese hardness category was considered. A statistically significant association (p < 0.05) was found between milk thermal treatment and the prevalence of coagulase-positive staphylococci and Listeria monocytogenes and between hardness and unsatisfactory levels of Escherichia coli. The data depict a contained public health risk associated with these products and confirm, at the same time, the importance of strict compliance with good hygiene practices during milk and cheese production. These results can assist in bolstering risk analysis and providing insights for food safety decision making.
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- Sara Primavilla
- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Umbria e delle Marche “Togo Rosati”, Via Salvemini 1, 06126 Perugia, Italy; (S.P.); (E.R.); (G.B.); (A.P.); (C.G.); (D.O.); (S.D.L.); (A.V.)
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Perugia, Via San Costanzo 4, 06126 Perugia, Italy; (R.B.); (D.R.)
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Umbria e delle Marche “Togo Rosati”, Via Salvemini 1, 06126 Perugia, Italy; (S.P.); (E.R.); (G.B.); (A.P.); (C.G.); (D.O.); (S.D.L.); (A.V.)
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Umbria e delle Marche “Togo Rosati”, Via Salvemini 1, 06126 Perugia, Italy; (S.P.); (E.R.); (G.B.); (A.P.); (C.G.); (D.O.); (S.D.L.); (A.V.)
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Umbria e delle Marche “Togo Rosati”, Via Salvemini 1, 06126 Perugia, Italy; (S.P.); (E.R.); (G.B.); (A.P.); (C.G.); (D.O.); (S.D.L.); (A.V.)
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Umbria e delle Marche “Togo Rosati”, Via Salvemini 1, 06126 Perugia, Italy; (S.P.); (E.R.); (G.B.); (A.P.); (C.G.); (D.O.); (S.D.L.); (A.V.)
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Umbria e delle Marche “Togo Rosati”, Via Salvemini 1, 06126 Perugia, Italy; (S.P.); (E.R.); (G.B.); (A.P.); (C.G.); (D.O.); (S.D.L.); (A.V.)
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Umbria e delle Marche “Togo Rosati”, Via Salvemini 1, 06126 Perugia, Italy; (S.P.); (E.R.); (G.B.); (A.P.); (C.G.); (D.O.); (S.D.L.); (A.V.)
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Perugia, Via San Costanzo 4, 06126 Perugia, Italy; (R.B.); (D.R.)
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Perugia, Via San Costanzo 4, 06126 Perugia, Italy; (R.B.); (D.R.)
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Umbria e delle Marche “Togo Rosati”, Via Salvemini 1, 06126 Perugia, Italy; (S.P.); (E.R.); (G.B.); (A.P.); (C.G.); (D.O.); (S.D.L.); (A.V.)
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Burke M, Santoro D. Prevalence of multidrug-resistant coagulase-positive staphylococci in canine and feline dermatological patients over a 10-year period: a retrospective study. Microbiology (Reading) 2023; 169. [PMID: 36786549 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.001300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/15/2023]
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Coagulase-positive staphylococci (CPS) are common cutaneous pathogens often requiring multiple courses of antibiotics, which may facilitate selection for methicillin-resistant (MR) and/or multidrug-resistant (MDR) strains. To determine the prevalence of canine and feline MR/MDR CPS associated with skin diseases, medical records were retrospectively searched from April 2010 to April 2020. Pets with at least one positive culture for CPS were selected. Age, sex, antimicrobial sensitivity, previous history of antimicrobial/immunomodulatory medications and methicillin resistance/multidrug resistance status were recorded. Staphylococcus pseudintermedius (SP) (575/748) and Staphylococcus schleiferi (SS) (159/748) in dogs, and Staphylococcus aureus (12/22) in cats, were the most common CPS isolated. Three hundred and twenty-three out of 575 isolates were MR-SP (56.2 %), 304/575 were MDR-SP (52.8 %), 100/159 were MR-SS (62.9 %) and 71/159 were MDR-SS (44.6 %). A trend analysis showed a significant increase of resistance to oxacillin and chloramphenicol for S. pseudintermedius (r=0.86, 0.8; P=0.0007, 0.0034, respectively). Major risk factors for MDR-SP included oxacillin resistance (OR: 3; 95 % CI: 1.4-6.5; P=0.0044), positivity for PBP2a (OR: 2.3; 95 % CI: 1-5; P=0.031) and use of antibiotics in the previous year (OR: 2.8; 95 % CI: 1.3-5.8; P=0.0071). Oxacillin resistance was identified as a major risk factor for MDR-SS (OR: 8.8; 95 % CI: 3.6-21.1; P<0.0001). These results confirmed the widespread presence of MR/MDR CPS in referred dermatological patients. Judicious antibiotic use, surveillance for MR/MDR infections and consideration of alternative therapies are crucial in mitigating the development of resistant strains.
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- Mikaela Burke
- Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, 2015 SW 16th Ave Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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- Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, 2015 SW 16th Ave Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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Fernández-Fernández R, Lozano C, Eguizábal P, Ruiz-Ripa L, Martínez-Álvarez S, Abdullahi IN, Zarazaga M, Torres C. Bacteriocin-Like Inhibitory Substances in Staphylococci of Different Origins and Species With Activity Against Relevant Pathogens. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:870510. [PMID: 35558130 PMCID: PMC9087342 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.870510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2022] [Accepted: 03/15/2022] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Bacteriocins are antimicrobial peptides with relevance in the modulation of human and animal microbiota that have gained interest in biomedical and biotechnological applications. In this study, the production of bacteriocin-like inhibitory substances (BLIS) was tested among a collection of 890 staphylococci of different origins (humans, animals, food, and the environment) and species, both coagulase-positive (CoPS, 238 isolates of 3 species) and coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS, 652 isolates of 26 species). Of the 890 staphylococci, 60 (6.7%) showed antimicrobial activity by the spot-on-lawn method against at least one of the 25 indicator bacteria tested. BLIS-producer (BLIS+) isolates were detected in 8.8% of CoPS and 6.0% of CoNS. The staphylococcal species with the highest percentages of BLIS+ isolates were S. chromogenes (38.5%), S. pseudintermedius (26.7%), and S. warneri (23.1%). The production of BLIS was more frequently detected among isolates of pets, wild animals, and food. Moreover, 13 BLIS+ isolates showed wide antimicrobial activiy spectrum, and 7 of these isolates (of species S. aureus, S. pseudintermedius, S. sciuri, and S. hominis) demonstrated antimicrobial activity against more than 70% of the indicator bacteria tested. The genetic characterization (by PCR and sequencing) of the 60 BLIS+ isolates revealed the detection of (a) 11 CoNS and CoPS isolates carrying putative lantibiotic-like genes; (b) 3 S. pseudintermedius isolates harboring the genes of BacSp222 bacteriocin; and (c) 2 S. chromogenes isolates that presented the gene of a putative cyclic bacteriocin (uberolysin-like), being the first report in this CoNS species. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was performed in BLIS+ isolates and one-third of the CoNS isolates showed susceptibility to all antibiotics tested, which also lacked the virulence genes studied. These BLIS+ CoNS are good candidates for further characterization studies.
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- Rosa Fernández-Fernández
- Area of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, OneHealth-UR Research Group, University of La Rioja, Logroño, Spain
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- Area of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, OneHealth-UR Research Group, University of La Rioja, Logroño, Spain
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- Area of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, OneHealth-UR Research Group, University of La Rioja, Logroño, Spain
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- Area of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, OneHealth-UR Research Group, University of La Rioja, Logroño, Spain
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- Area of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, OneHealth-UR Research Group, University of La Rioja, Logroño, Spain
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- Area of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, OneHealth-UR Research Group, University of La Rioja, Logroño, Spain
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- Area of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, OneHealth-UR Research Group, University of La Rioja, Logroño, Spain
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- Area of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, OneHealth-UR Research Group, University of La Rioja, Logroño, Spain
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Morar A, Ban-Cucerzan A, Herman V, Tîrziu E, Sallam KI, Abd-Elghany SM, Imre K. Multidrug Resistant Coagulase-Positive Staphylococcus aureus and Their Enterotoxins Detection in Traditional Cheeses Marketed in Banat Region, Romania. Antibiotics (Basel) 2021; 10:antibiotics10121458. [PMID: 34943670 PMCID: PMC8698683 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics10121458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2021] [Revised: 11/24/2021] [Accepted: 11/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The main objectives of the present study were to determine the occurrence of coagulase positive staphylococci (CPS) and to assess the presence and antimicrobial susceptibility profile of Staphylococcus aureus isolates in different raw milk origin (cow and sheep) traditional cheeses marketed in Banat region, Romania. Additionally, the presence of mecA gene in S. aureus isolates and the staphylococcal enterotoxins (SEs) in cheese samples were evaluated. A total of 81.6% (138/169) of the screened samples were positive for CPS. Furthermore, 35.5% (49/138) of the investigated CPS positive cheese samples were contaminated with S. aureus, with an isolation frequency of 46.6% (14/30) in caș, 33.3% (32/96) in telemea, 25% (2/8) in burduf, and 25% (1/4) in urdă assortments, respectively. From the total number of S. aureus isolates, 6.1% (3/49) harbored the mecA gene. Detectable levels of SEs were identified in 4.3% (4/94) of cheese samples with a CPS contamination level higher than 105 log CFU g−1. The expressed antimicrobial susceptibility profile of the tested cheese-origin S. aureus isolates, with the automated Vitek 2 equipment, showed resistance towards amikacin (90.1%, 10 out from 11 tested), enrofloxacin (86.2%, 25/29), ceftiofur (72.7%, 8/11), neomycin (63.6%, 7/11), benzylpenicillin (53.1%, 26/49), kanamycin (41.4%, 12/29), rifampicin (39.5%, 15/38), tetracycline (38.8%, 19/49), tilmicosin (36.4%, 4/11), clindamycin (30.6%, 15/49), ciprofloxacin (30%, 6/20), erythromycin (22.4%, 11/49), tylosin (18.2%, 2/11), oxacillin (16.3%, 8/49), linezolid (15%, 3/20), teicoplanin (15%, 3/20), fusidic acid (13.1%), imipenem (10.5%, 4/38), vancomycin (7.9%, 3/38), ampicillin (5.5%, 1/18), mupirocin (5.5%, 1/18), fosfomycin (5%, 1/20), and gentamicin (4.1%, 2/49). Twenty-four (49%) S. aureus isolates exhibited multidrug resistance. The investigation highlighted a common occurrence of multidrug-resistant S. aureus strains in the monitored cheese assortments, which can constitute a potential risk for consumers’ health.
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- Adriana Morar
- Department of Animal Production and Veterinary Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Banat’s University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine “King Michael I of Romania” from Timişoara, 300645 Timisoara, Romania; (A.M.); (A.B.-C.); (E.T.)
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- Department of Animal Production and Veterinary Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Banat’s University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine “King Michael I of Romania” from Timişoara, 300645 Timisoara, Romania; (A.M.); (A.B.-C.); (E.T.)
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Banat’s University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine “King Michael I of Romania” from Timişoara, 300645 Timisoara, Romania;
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- Department of Animal Production and Veterinary Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Banat’s University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine “King Michael I of Romania” from Timişoara, 300645 Timisoara, Romania; (A.M.); (A.B.-C.); (E.T.)
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- Department of Food Hygiene and Control, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35511, Egypt; (K.I.S.); (S.M.A.-E.)
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- Department of Food Hygiene and Control, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35511, Egypt; (K.I.S.); (S.M.A.-E.)
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- Department of Animal Production and Veterinary Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Banat’s University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine “King Michael I of Romania” from Timişoara, 300645 Timisoara, Romania; (A.M.); (A.B.-C.); (E.T.)
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Introduction Staphylococcus coagulans (formerly Staphylococcus schleiferi subsp. coagulans) is a common commensal and opportunistic pathogen of companion dogs. It carries a range of antimicrobial resistance genes and is an occasional zoonotic pathogen. Hypothesis/Gap Statement Despite the potential insight offered by genome sequencing into the biology of S. coagulans, few genomes are currently available for study. Aim To sequence and analyse S. coagulans genomes to improve understanding of this organism’s molecular epidemiology, antimicrobial resistance and bacterium–host interactions. Methodology Twenty-five genomes of clinical isolates collected at a veterinary referral hospital in Scotland, UK, were sequenced with Illumina technology. These genomes were analysed by a series of bioinformatics tools along with 16 previously sequenced genomes. Results Phylogenetic comparison of the 41 genomes shows that the current S. coagulans phylogeny is dominated by clades of closely related isolates, at least one of which has spread internationally. Ten of the 11 methicillin-resistant S. coagulans genomes in this collection of 41 encoded the mecA promoter and gene mutations that are predicted to render the isolates susceptible to penicillins in the presence of clavulanic acid, a feature only described to date in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Seven such isolates were from the current study and, in line with the genome-based prediction, all were susceptible to amoxicillin/clavulanic acid in vitro. S. coagulans shared very few highly conserved virulence-associated genes with Staphylococcus pseudintermedius, another common commensal and opportunistic canine pathogen. Conclusion The availability of a further 25 genome sequences from clinical S. coagulans isolates will aid in better understanding the epidemiology, bacterial–host interactions and antimicrobial resistance of this opportunistic pathogen.
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- Gavin K Paterson
- Royal Dick School of Veterinary Studies and The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH25 9RG, UK
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Pickering AC, Yebra G, Gong X, Goncheva MI, Wee BA, MacFadyen AC, Muehlbauer LF, Alves J, Cartwright RA, Paterson GK, Fitzgerald JR. Evolutionary and Functional Analysis of Coagulase Positivity among the Staphylococci. mSphere 2021; 6:e0038121. [PMID: 34346700 PMCID: PMC8386474 DOI: 10.1128/msphere.00381-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2021] [Accepted: 06/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The bacterial genus Staphylococcus comprises a large group of pathogenic and nonpathogenic species associated with an array of host species. Staphylococci are differentiated into coagulase-positive or coagulase-negative groups based on the capacity to promote clotting of plasma, a phenotype historically associated with the ability to cause disease. However, the genetic basis of this important diagnostic and pathogenic trait across the genus has not been examined to date. Here, we selected 54 representative staphylococcal species and subspecies to examine coagulation of plasma derived from six representative host species. In total, 13 staphylococcal species mediated coagulation of plasma from at least one host species including one previously identified as coagulase negative (Staphylococcus condimenti). Comparative genomic analysis revealed that coagulase activity correlated with the presence of a gene (vwb) encoding the von Willebrand binding protein (vWbp) whereas only the Staphylococcus aureus complex contained a gene encoding staphylocoagulase (Coa), the classical mediator of coagulation. Importantly, S. aureus retained vwb-dependent coagulase activity in an S. aureus strain deleted for coa whereas deletion of vwb in Staphylococcus pseudintermedius resulted in loss of coagulase activity. Whole-genome-based phylogenetic reconstruction of the Staphylococcus genus revealed that the vwb gene has been acquired on at least four different occasions during the evolution of the Staphylococcus genus followed by allelic diversification via mutation and recombination. Allelic variants of vWbp from selected coagulase-positive staphylococci mediated coagulation in a host-dependent manner indicative of host-adaptive evolution. Taken together, we have determined the genetic and evolutionary basis of staphylococcal coagulation, revealing vWbp to be its archetypal determinant. IMPORTANCE The ability of some species of staphylococci to promote coagulation of plasma is a key pathogenic and diagnostic trait. Here, we provide a comprehensive analysis of the coagulase positivity of the staphylococci and its evolutionary genetic basis. We demonstrate that the von Willebrand binding protein rather than staphylocoagulase is the archetypal coagulation factor of the staphylococci and that the vwb gene has been acquired several times independently during the evolution of the staphylococci. Subsequently, vwb has undergone adaptive diversification to facilitate host-specific functionality. Our findings provide important insights into the evolution of pathogenicity among the staphylococci and the genetic basis for a defining diagnostic phenotype.
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- Amy C. Pickering
- The Roslin Institute and Edinburgh Infectious Diseases, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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- The Roslin Institute and Edinburgh Infectious Diseases, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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- The Roslin Institute and Edinburgh Infectious Diseases, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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- The Roslin Institute and Edinburgh Infectious Diseases, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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- The Roslin Institute and Edinburgh Infectious Diseases, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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- The Roslin Institute and Edinburgh Infectious Diseases, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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- The Roslin Institute and Edinburgh Infectious Diseases, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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- The Roslin Institute and Edinburgh Infectious Diseases, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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- The Roslin Institute and Edinburgh Infectious Diseases, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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- The Roslin Institute and Edinburgh Infectious Diseases, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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- The Roslin Institute and Edinburgh Infectious Diseases, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Foster G, Robb A, Paterson GK. Isolation and genome sequencing of Staphylococcus schleiferi subspecies coagulans from Antarctic and North Sea seals. Access Microbiol 2020; 2:acmi000162. [PMID: 33195976 PMCID: PMC7660238 DOI: 10.1099/acmi.0.000162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2020] [Accepted: 08/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Reports on the commensal organism and opportunistic pathogen Staphylococcus schleiferi have largely considered isolates from humans and companion dogs. Two subspecies are recognized: the coagulase-negative S. schleiferi ssp. schleiferi, typically seen in humans, and the coagulase-positive S. schleiferi ssp. coagulans, typically seen in dogs. In this study, we report the isolation, genome sequencing and comparative genomics of three S. schleiferi ssp. coagulans isolates from mouth samples from two species of healthy, free-living Antarctic seals, southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) and Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella), in the South Orkney Islands, Antarctica, and three isolates from post-mortem samples from grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) in Scotland, UK. This is the first report of S. schleiferi ssp. coagulans isolation from Antarctic fur seal and grey seal. The Antarctic fur seal represents the first isolation of S. schleiferi ssp. coagulans from the family Otariidae, while the grey seal represents the first isolation from a pinniped in the Northern Hemisphere. We compare seal, dog and human isolates from both S. schleiferi subspecies in the first genome-based phylogenetic analysis of the species.
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- Scottish MRSA Reference Laboratory, Glasgow RG6 6BZ, UK
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- Royal Dick School of Veterinary Studies and The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH25 9RG, UK
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Canver MC, Tekle T, Compton ST, Callan K, Burd EM, Zimmer BL, Bemis DA, Carroll KC, Westblade LF. Performance of Five Commercial Identification Platforms for Identification of Staphylococcus delphini. J Clin Microbiol 2019; 57:e00721-19. [PMID: 31413084 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00721-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2019] [Accepted: 08/07/2019] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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The Staphylococcus intermedius group (SIG) is a collection of coagulase-positive staphylococci consisting of four distinct species, namely, Staphylococcus cornubiensis, Staphylococcus delphini, Staphylococcus intermedius, and Staphylococcus pseudintermedius SIG members are animal pathogens and rare causes of human infection. Accurate identification of S. pseudintermedius has important implications for interpretation of antimicrobial susceptibility testing data and may be important for other members of the group. Therefore, we sought to evaluate the performance of five commercially available identification platforms with 21 S. delphini isolates obtained from a variety of animal and geographic sources. Here, we show that automated biochemical platforms were unable to identify S. delphini to the species level, a function of its omission from their databases, but could identify isolates to the SIG level with various degrees of success. However, all automated systems misidentified at least one isolate as Staphylococcus aureus One matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) system was able to identify S. delphini to the species level, suggesting that MALDI-TOF MS is the best option for distinguishing members of the SIG. With the exception of S. pseudintermedius, it is unclear if other SIG members should be routinely identified to the species level; however, as our understanding of their role in animal and human diseases increases, it may be necessary and important to do so.
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Balbutskaya AA, Dmitrenko OA, Skvortsov VN. [The modern characteristics of species identification of coagulase-positive bacteria of Staphylococcus genus.]. Klin Lab Diagn 2019; 62:497-502. [PMID: 30802398 DOI: 10.18821/0869-2084-2017-62-8-497-502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2017] [Accepted: 04/03/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The development of molecular techniques of research in the end of XX century permitted to broaden nomenclature of species forming genus Staphylococcus that nowadays numbers 51 species and 27 sub-species. The pathogenic species of genus have a capacity to coagulate blood plasma of mammals forming group of coagulase-positive staphylococci including 7 species: S. aureus, S. delphini, S. intermedius, S. pseudintermedius, S. lutrae, S. schleiferi ssp. сoagulans, S hyicus. In clinical practice, S.aureus is considered as the most virulent among staphylococci. The cumulated data testifies increasing etiologic significance of other representatives of group of coagulase-positive staphylococci in human and animal infection pathology. The keen attention is needed to be paid to Staphylococcus intermedius of group (SIG), uniting three close kindred species: S. pseudintermedius, S. intermedius, S. delphini. Among them the most broadly prevailed are methicillin-resistant clones of S. pseudintermedius, capable to bring on in patient various pyoinflammatory diseases. The laboratory methods based on phenotype tests, provide no opportunity to differentiate coagulase-positive staphylococci because of significant similarity of phenotype characteristics in certain representatives of this group. Te comparative analysis was implemented concerning efficiency of various methods of species identification of coagulase-positive staphylococci: biochemical, molecular genetic (multi-primer polymerase chain reaction for identifying differences in gene structure of thermonuclease, analysis of polymorphism of lengths of restricting fragments of catalase gene and their sequencing), matrix-activated laser desorptional/ionizing time-of-flight mass-spectrometry (MALDI-ToF MS) with various modes of probe preparation. The analysis was applied to 117 isolates of representatives of SIG, separated from ill and healthy individuals of small domestic animals, clinical isolates form patients of hospitals. The multi-primer polymerase chain reaction permitted to identify 97% of isolates, analysis of polymorphism of lengths of restricting fragments of catalase gene - 100% of isolates that confirms efficiency of molecular genetic methods of analysis. The MALDI-ToF MS requires replenishment data base of mass-spectrometer and application of the mode of preliminary protein extraction of samples fo increasing efficiency of species identification of coagulase-positive staphylococci.
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- A A Balbutskaya
- The Belgorodskii branch of the Ya.R. Kovalenko All-Russian research institute of experimental veterinary medicine, 308002, Belgorod, Russia
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- The academician N.F. Gamaleia research institute of epidemiology and microbiology of Minzdrav of Russia, 123098, Moscow, Russia
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- The Belgorodskii branch of the Ya.R. Kovalenko All-Russian research institute of experimental veterinary medicine, 308002, Belgorod, Russia
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Cardoso VM, Dias RS, Soares BM, Clementino LA, Araújo CP, Rosa CA. The influence of ripening period length and season on the microbiological parameters of a traditional Brazilian cheese. Braz J Microbiol 2013; 44:743-9. [PMID: 24516419 PMCID: PMC3910183 DOI: 10.1590/s1517-83822013005000059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2012] [Accepted: 09/10/2012] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
The ripening process of Serro Minas cheese, one of the most popular cheeses produced with raw milk in Brazil, was studied over the course of 60 days of ripening during dry and rainy seasons. Brazilian legislation prohibits the production of cheese from raw milk unless it was submitted to a maturation period greater than 60 days. However Minas Serro cheese is sold within a few days of ripening. A total of 100 samples of Serro cheese were obtained from five farms; 50 samples were collected during the dry season (winter in Brazil) and 50 samples were collected during the rainy season (summer in Brazil). From each farm, ten cheeses were collected during each season after two days of ripening. Our results showed high levels of total and fecal coliforms at the beginning of the ripening period (approximately 4 Log MPN/g with 3 days of ripening) that decreased with 60 days of ripening reaching almost 1.5 Log MPN/g. Contamination by coagulase-positive staphylococci was reduced by the end of the ripening period. Salmonella spp. was not detected. The staphylococcal enterotoxins B and C were detected in 1% and 4% of the cheeses, respectively, after 30 days of ripening. These results suggest that the ripening process was not effective in eliminating staphylococcal enterotoxins from the cheese. However, none of the investigated strains of Staphylococcus spp. isolated from Serro cheese produced enterotoxins A, B, C or D. The high pathogen and coliform levels at the beginning of the ripening process for the cheese produced during both seasons indicate the need for improvement of the sanitation of the manufacturing conditions.
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- Valéria M Cardoso
- Departamento de Microbiologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. ; Departamento de Farmácia, Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, Diamantina, MG, Brazil
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- Divisão de Vigilância Sanitária do Instituto Octávio Magalhães, Fundação Ezequiel Dias, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Departamento de Microbiologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Departamento de Microbiologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Departamento de Microbiologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Departamento de Microbiologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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Gabriel EM, Coffey A, O'Mahony JM. Investigation into the prevalence, persistence and antibiotic resistance profiles of staphylococci isolated from euro currency. J Appl Microbiol 2013; 115:565-71. [PMID: 23679680 DOI: 10.1111/jam.12247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2013] [Revised: 04/12/2013] [Accepted: 04/29/2013] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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AIMS The study set out to sample € 10 banknotes for the presence of coagulase-positive staphylococci (CPS) such as Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) and coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) in Southern Ireland, to assess the levels of antibiotic resistance among those isolated, and determine the persistence of S. aureus on € 10 banknotes and € 2 coins. METHODS AND RESULTS We report that 97% of € 10 banknotes screened (n = 155) harboured multiple species of staphylococci. From the generated bank of strains, a total of 150 representative staphylococci isolates were used for further study, 71 were CPS and 79 were CoNS. Of these, we found that 62% of the staphylococci demonstrated resistance to at least one of the first-line antibiotics (52.11% of CPS isolates and 76.71% of the CoNS isolates). Resistance to multiple antibiotics was seen in 31.18% of the resistant isolates. In relation to persistence studies, S. aureus was shown to remain viable on euro banknotes and coins for significant periods (on average, 19.33 days on € 10 banknotes and 16.67 days on € 2 coins) as determined using bioluminescence. CONCLUSIONS We advocate the expansion of antibiotic surveillance programs, with a view to tracking/monitoring antibiotic resistance dissemination among environmental contaminants. Additionally, we propose that 'cashless transactions' should be encouraged in high-risk environments such as hospitals and healthcare settings, as well as stricter infection controls. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY Although it is accepted that circulating currency has the potential to harbour disease-causing pathogens, studies investigating prevalence and persistence of such pathogens on euro currency are virtually nonexistent. In an attempt to rectify this, we examined the prevalence of staphylococci on € 10 banknotes in Ireland and reported relatively high levels of antibiotic resistance among the isolates. Furthermore, we have established the persistence of S. aureus on euro currency for the first time.
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