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Formation and transmission of Staphylococcus aureus (including MRSA) aerosols carrying antibiotic-resistant genes in a poultry farming environment (2012)

Art

Zeitschriftenartikel / wissenschaftlicher Beitrag

Autoren

Liu, Dunjiang

Chai, Tongjie

Xia, Xianzhu

Gao, Yuwei

Cai, Yumei

Li, Xiaoxia

Miao, Zengming

Sun, Lingyu

Hao, Haiyu

Roesler, Uwe (WE 10)

Wang, Jian

Quelle

The science of the total environment : an international journal for scientific research into the environment and its relationship with man

Bandzählung: 426

Seiten: 139 – 145

ISSN: 0048-9697

Sprache

Englisch

Verweise

DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.03.060

Pubmed: 22542226

Kontakt

Institut für Tier- und Umwelthygiene

Robert-von-Ostertag-Str. 7-13
14169 Berlin
+49 30 838 51845
tierhygiene@vetmed.fu-berlin.de

Abstract / Zusammenfassung

There is a rather limited understanding concerning the antibiotic-resistance of the airborne S. aureus and the transmission of the antibiotic-resistant genes it carries Therefore, we isolated 149 S. aureus strains from the samples collected from the feces, the indoor air and the outdoor air of 6 chicken farms, and performed the research on them with 15 types of antibiotics and the REP-PCR trace identification. The 100% homologous strains were selected to conduct the research on the carrying and transmission status of the antibiotic-resistant genes. The results revealed that 5.37% strains (8/149) were resistant to methicillins (MRSA), and 94% strains (140/149) were resistant to compound sulfamethoxazole, etc. In addition, these strains displayed a resistance to multiple antibiotics (4, 5 or 6 types) and there were also 3 strains resistant to 9 antibiotics. It should be noted that the antibiotic-resistance of some strains isolated from the feces, the indoor and outdoor air was basically the same, and the strains with the same REP-PCR trace identification result carried the same type of antibiotic-resistant genes. The results showed that airborne transmission not only causes the spread of epidemic diseases but also exerts threats to the public health of a community.