Opportunistic pathogens and elements of the resistome that are common in bottled mineral water support the need for continuous surveillance.

ABSTRACT: Several differences concerning bacterial species, opportunistic pathogens, elements of the resistome as well as variations concerning the CFU/mL counts were identified in some of the five most marketed bottled mineral water from Araraquara city, São Paulo, Brazil. Two out of five brands tested were confirmed as potential source of opportunistic pathogens, including Mycobacterium gordonae, Ralstonia picketti and Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc). A total of one hundred and six isolates were recovered from four of these bottled mineral water brands. Betaproteobacteria was predominant followed by Alphaproteobacteria, Gammaproteobacteria and Firmicutes. Ninety percent of the bacteria isolated demonstrated resistance to seventeen of the nineteen antimicrobials tested. These antimicrobials incl

SUBMITTER: Falcone-Dias MF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4372423 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature