Detection and quantification of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in fresh broiler meat at retail in Germany

• Published in: International journal of food microbiology Vol. 292; pp. 8 - 12
• Main Authors: Pauly, N., Wichmann-Schauer, H., Ballhausen, B., Torres Reyes, N., Fetsch, A., Tenhagen, B.-A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 02.03.2019; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Broiler meat; Contamination; Drug resistance; Enrichment; Livestock; Low level; Meat; Methicillin; Most probable number; MPN; MRSA; Multilocus sequence typing; Quantification; Sensitivity; Skin; Specificity; Staphylococcus infections; Sensitivity; Specificity; MPN; Quantification; Broiler meat; MRSA

The aim of this study was to detect, to quantify and to characterize MRSA in broiler meat samples with skin. Furthermore, we compared an isolation method using a second selective enrichment step (method A) with a simpler method omitting this step (method B). For quantification we used a direct plati...