retail meats in the USA
Likou Zou1,2, Jianghong Meng1, Patrick
F. McDermott3, Fei Wang1, Qianru Yang4, Guojie Cao1, Maria Hoffmann1,3 and Shaohua Zhao3,*
1Department of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
2The Laboratory of Microbiology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Dujiangyan, Sichuan, P. R. China
3Division of Animal and Food Microbiology, Office of Research, Center for Veterinary Medicine, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Laurel, MD, USA
4Department of Food Science, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, 111 Food Science Building, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
Oxford Journals Medicine & Health Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
Volume 69, Issue 10 Pp. 2644-2649 2014
The QAC resistance genes were commonly present among E. coli isolated from retail meats, and the qac and sugE(p) genes were highly associated with multidrug resistance phenotypes. Using QACs in the food industry may not be as effective as expected and could provide selection pressure for strains with acquired resistance to other antimicrobials.
Гены устойчивости к ЧАС у E. coli, выделенных из мяса, связаны с фенотипом множественной лекарственной устойчивости. Применение ЧАС в пищевой промышленности не может быть эффективно, как ожидалось, но может обеспечить отбор штаммов с резистентностью к другим противомикробным препаратам.