Prevalence, antimicrobial resistance profiles and virulence-associated genes of thermophilic Campylobacter spp. isolated from ducks in a Chinese slaughterhouse

Publication date: Available online 29 April 2019Source: Food ControlAuthor(s): Xinfeng Han, Xingai Guan, Hang Zeng, Jiakang Li, Xuelin Huang, Yiping Wen, Qin Zhao, Xiaobo Huang, Qigui Yan, Yong Huang, Sanjie Cao, Rui Wu, Xiaoping Ma, Likou ZouAbstractA total of 220 Campylobacter isolates was recovered from 656 samples along a commercial duck slaughter line after a panel of confirmation tests including selective culture methods, biochemical identification and multiplex PCR in southwestern China. The prevalence of Campylobacter spp. was 33.5%, including 16.6% of Campylobacter jejuni, 15.7% of Campylobacter coli and 3.6% of other Campylobacter species. A high level of resistance was observed to tetracycline (96.4%) and clindamycin (92.3%), followed by azithromycin (66.8%), erythromycin (47.3%), nalidixic acid (44.5%), chloramphenicol (42.7%), gentamicin (41.4%), and ciprofloxacin (37.3%). Forty-seven classes of antimicrobial resistance profile were found, and multidrug resistant (MDR) strains occupied 75.9% of the Campylobacter isolates. Virulence-associated genes of cadF (100%), cheY (92.7%) and cdtB (92.3%) were commonly observed in the Campylobacter isolates, followed by flaA (77.2%), iamA (71.8%), cdtA (60%), cdtC (54.1%) and ciaB (42.7%). Virulence gene of virB11 (7.7%) was less frequently detected. Totally, 48 virulence gene profiles were generated among C. jejuni and C. coli strains. Our results confirmed the prevalence of Campylobacter spp. in the duck slaughterhouse, wh...
Source: Food Control - Category: Food Science Source Type: research