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Se realizó un estudio para determinar la prevalencia de Salmonella y sus serovariedades en cerdos de faena, para evaluar sus perfiles de resistencia a los antimicrobianos y para conocer la presencia de integrones de clase 1 como posibles reservorios de resistencia. A partir de un total de 386 muestras de porcinos provenientes de cuatro frigoríficos de las provincias de Buenos Aires y de Santa Fe (Argentina), se identificaron 93 (24,1%) cepas de Salmonella enterica subespecie enterica, 52 (55,9%) de contenido cecal y 41 (44,1%) de nódulo linfático ileocecal. Se hallaron 13 serovariedades de S. enterica, las más prevalentes fueron S. Schwarzengrund, S. Heidelberg, S. subespecie I 6,8:e,h:-, S. Derby y S. Bredeney. Se probaron 15 antimicrobianos por el método de dilución en agar: amikacina, gentamicina, ciprofloxacina, cefalotina, cefotaxima, enrofloxacina, fosfomicina, polimixina-B, tetraciclina, cloranfenicol, estreptomicina, trimetoprima-sulfametoxazol, ampicilina, nitrofurantoína y ácido nalidíxico. Según se estableció mediante la determinación de la CIM, el 73% de las cepas de S. enterica subespecie enterica fueron sensibles a todos los antimicrobianos probados. Se observó resistencia a tetraciclina en 24 (25,8%) de las 93 cepas, a cloranfenicol en 22 (23,7%), a estreptomicina en 22 (23,7%) a trimetoprima-sulfametoxazol en 20 (21,5%), a ampicilina en 18 (19,4%), a nitrofurantoína en 3 (3,2%) y a ácido nalidíxico en 3 (3,2%). Algunos aislamientos de S. Typhimurium, S. Heildelberg, S. Derby y S. Orion presentaron multirresistencia y portaban el gen de la integrasa clase 1. Los mayores porcentajes de resistencia correspondieron a los antimicrobianos habitualmente utilizados en veterinaria y en las explotaciones porcinas.
A study was carried out in order to determine the prevalence of Salmonella and its serovars among porcine slaughterhouses, to evaluate the antimicrobial resistance profiles and to know the presence of class 1 integrons as possible reservoir of resistance. From a total of 386 samples from four porcine slaughterhouses of Buenos Aires and Santa Fe Provinces (Argentina), 93 (24,1%) Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica strains were identified, 52 (55,9%) from cecal contents and 41 (44,1%) from ileocecal lymph nodes. Thirteen serovars of S. enterica were found, the most prevalent were: S. Schwarzengrund, S. Heidelberg, S. subspecie I 6,8:e,h:-, S. Derby and S. Bredeney. Fifteen antimicrobials by the agar dilution method were tested: amikacin, gentamicin, ciprofloxacin, cephalotin, cefotaxime, enrofloxacin, fosfomycin, polimixin-B, tetracycline, chloramphenicol, streptomycin, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, ampicillin, nitrofurantoin, and nalidixic acid. According to the CIM determination, 73% Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica strains were sensible to all the antimicrobials tested. Antimicrobial resistance was observed to tetracycline in 24 (25,8%) of 93 strains, to chloramphenicol in 22 (23,7%), to streptomycin in 22 (23,7%), to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole in 20 (21,5%), to ampicillin in 18 (19,4%), to nitrofurantoin in 3 (3,2%) and to nalidixic acid in 3 (3,2%). Some isolates of S. Typhimurium, S. Heidelberg, S. Derby, S. Orion showed multidrug resistance and carried the class 1 integrase gene. The highest percentage of resistance corresponded to the antimicrobials currently used in veterinary and porcine farms.
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Animals , Food Microbiology , Meat/microbiology , Salmonella enterica/isolation & purification , Sus scrofa/microbiology , Abattoirs , Animal Husbandry , Argentina , Anti-Bacterial Agents/administration & dosage , Cecum/microbiology , Disease Reservoirs , Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial , Food Preservation , Integrases/genetics , Integrons/genetics , Lymph Nodes/microbiology , Refrigeration , Serotyping , Salmonella enterica/classification , Salmonella enterica/drug effects , Salmonella enterica/geneticsABSTRACT
Ten Campylobacter jejuni isolates, 8 identified as C. jejuni biotype II of Lior and 2 as C. jejuni biotipe I, were recovered from aborted pig fetuses. In order to discriminate among strains, restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) using Ddel of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) products of flaA gen was used. C. jejuni biotype II strains could be diferenciated in 6 by PCR-RFLP, and one subtype was obtained from C. jejunibiotype I. Although there is great variability of molecular techniques applied to the Campylobacter epidemiological studies, PCR-RFLP demonstrated to be a simple and accessible technique to discriminate Campylobacter jejuni isolates.
ABSTRACT
Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli were isolated from aborted pig fetuses which proceeded from different animals and farms between February 2000 and March 2001. Seven Campylobacter jejuni biotype II, three biotype I and one Campylobacter coli biotype I were identified by phenotypic tests and Liors scheme. To corroborate and compare the phenotypic results, 7.5, 10 and 12.5
polyacrilamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) were used under reducing conditions. Characteristic bands of hypervariable dense zone within C. jejuni and C. coli species were observed in all the whole cell protein extracts with differences in mobility. It was possible to establish differences between identical phenotypic Campylobacter isolates and different protein profile from fetuses of the same litter. SDS-PAGE is a stable and reproducible method to establish differences between Campylobacter strains and is considered applicable for the differentiation of the wide variability of Campylobacter species for epidemiologic purposes.