Antimicrobial Resistance, Virulence Gene Profiling, and Spa Typing of <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> Isolated from Retail Chicken Meat in Alabama, USA.

ABSTRACT: Antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) in retail meat poses a public health threat requiring continuous surveillance. This study investigated the frequency of isolation, toxin genes, and antibiotic resistance profile of S. aureus recovered from retail poultry meat samples and presented results beneficial to public health interventions. Of 200 samples collected, 16% (32/200) tested positive for S. aureus, and these were recovered from thigh 37.5% (12/32), wing 34.4% (11/32), gizzard (15.6% (5/32), and liver 12.5% (4/32) samples. Findings of spa typing analysis revealed that 68.8% (22/32), 18.8% (6/32), 9.4% (3/32), and 3.0% (1/32) of the isolates belonged to the spa types t267, t160, t548, and t008, respectively. For antibiotic susceptibility test

SUBMITTER: Faraj R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11858072 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature