Pesquisa de genes de resistência a antimicrobianos beta-lactâmicos e de enterotoxina em cepas de Staphylococcus aureus presentes em amostras de alimentos / Search of antimicrobial beta-lactam resistance genes and enterotoxin genes in Staphylococcus aureus strains present in food samples

AUTOR(ES)

Camila Fonseca Rizek

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2010

RESUMO

Introduction: Staphylococcus aureus are a bacterium that causes various types of diseases. There are two major aggravating to its presence: the toxins production and antimicrobial resistance. S. aureus produce heat-labile enterotoxina that, when present in food, can lead to poisoning of those who consume. This specie is also known to easily respond adaptively to drug use becoming increasingly difficult to control it. One of the main reasons for this concern are MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) which are resistant to betalactams drugs through a differentiated wall protein production encoded by the mecA gene. The presence of this resistant pathogen outside hospitals has been recorded a few years ago and gradually comes to discover that the food chain can be a way for the gene spread. Objectives: Search for the mecA gene and the enterotoxins encoded gene in Staphylococcus aureus from food samples to discuss the presence of the resistance gene in a new transmission route and the validity of only review the presence of Staphylococcus coagulase positive in food product as a way to keep insurance against food poisoning. Methods: Fifty-seven samples of S. aureus from five different sources of food samples were tested by PCR with specific primer for the mecA gene and the enterotoxins gene. Results: Of these, five (8,8 per cent of total) samples showed the resistance gene and eleven (19,2 per cent of total) contained the gene encoding the heat-labile enterotoxin. Conclusion: The presence of enterotoxin encoded gene in food products ready for consumption and raw fish is a fact and a debate about how best to legislate should be maintained and better evaluated. In the case of the resistance gene, the food chain is really a way where this gene can spread. It is also the first time the mecA gene from food ready for consumption is reported in Brazil and Latin America

ASSUNTO(S)

alimentos bacterial drug resistance enterotoxinas enterotoxins epidemiologia epidemiology farmacorresistência bacteriana food staphylococcus aureus staphylococcus aureus

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