Prevalence, Antibiogram and Genetic Characterization of Listeria monocytogenes from Food Products in Egypt.

ABSTRACT: World Health Organization classified Listeria monocytogenes as a major notable foodborne pathogen associated with high mortality and hospitalization. The study reports the prevalence, antibiogram, virulence determination and genetic characterization of L. monocytogenes from different food products. A total of 250 food samples, fifty samples each from raw milk, ice cream, minced meat, fish fillet and sausage were collected from the Menoufiya governorate in Egypt. L. monocytogenes was detected in 17 (6.8%) of the tested food samples including minced meat (14%), fish fillet (8%), sausage (6%) and raw milk (6%). The antimicrobial susceptibility assay of 17 L. monocytogenes isolates against seventeen antibiotics belonging to eight antibiotics classes revealed a high

SUBMITTER: Abdeen EE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8232309 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature