Antibiotic Resistance of Listeria monocytogenes Isolated from Meat-Processing Environments, Beef Products, and Clinical Cases in Brazil

Microb Drug Resist. 2015 Aug;21(4):458-62. doi: 10.1089/mdr.2014.0270. Epub 2015 Mar 10.

Abstract

The present study aimed to assess the antimicrobial resistance and the presence of virulence markers in 137 Listeria monocytogenes isolates obtained from meat-processing environments, beef products, and clinical cases. All isolates were subject to molecular serogrouping and their antibiotic resistance profiles were assessed against 12 antimicrobials. In addition, isolates were subjected to detection of virulence marker genes (inlA, inlC, inlJ). The isolates were classified into serogroups 4b, 4d, 4a, or 4c (46%), 1/2c or 3c (27%), 1/2a or 3a (13.9%), and 1/2b or 3b (13.1%). All tested isolates presented sensitivity to the majority of the tested antimicrobials, but most of them presented resistance or intermediate resistance to clindamycin (88.3%) and oxacillin (73.7%). Virulence markers were detected in all isolates, demanding further analysis to better characterize their pathogenic potential.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Brazil / epidemiology
  • Cattle
  • Clindamycin / pharmacology
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial*
  • Food-Processing Industry*
  • Genes, Bacterial / genetics
  • Listeria monocytogenes / drug effects*
  • Listeria monocytogenes / pathogenicity
  • Meat / microbiology*
  • Oxacillin / pharmacology
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Virulence Factors / genetics

Substances

  • Virulence Factors
  • Clindamycin
  • Oxacillin