Contamination of street food with multidrug-resistant Salmonella, in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Gastrointestinal infections are a global public health problem. In Burkina Faso, West Africa, exposure to Salmonella through the consumption of unhygienic street food represents a major risk of infection requiring detailed evaluation. Between June 2017 and July 2018, we sampled 201 street food stall...

Full description

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	PloS one Vol. 16; no. 6; p. e0253312
Main Authors:	Nikiema, Marguerite E. M, Pardos de la Gandara, Maria, Compaore, Kiswensida A. M, Ky Ba, Absétou, Soro, Karna D, Nikiema, Philippe A, Barro, Nicolas, Sangare, Lassana, Weill, François-Xavier
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	San Francisco, CA USA Public Library of Science 17-06-2021 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Analysis Biology and Life Sciences Causes of Diagnosis Drug resistance in microorganisms Food and Nutrition Health aspects Human health and pathology Infectious diseases Life Sciences Medicine and Health Sciences Salmonella food poisoning Salmonellosis Sandwiches Santé publique et épidémiologie Burkina Faso
Online Access:	Get full text
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

Description
Summary:	Gastrointestinal infections are a global public health problem. In Burkina Faso, West Africa, exposure to Salmonella through the consumption of unhygienic street food represents a major risk of infection requiring detailed evaluation. Between June 2017 and July 2018, we sampled 201 street food stalls, in 11 geographic sectors of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. We checked for Salmonella contamination in 201 sandwiches (one per seller), according to the ISO 6579:2002 standard. All Salmonella isolates were characterized by serotyping and antimicrobial susceptibility testing, and whole-genome sequencing was performed on a subset of isolates, to investigate their phylogenetic relationships and antimicrobial resistance determinants. The prevalence of Salmonella enterica was 17.9% (36/201) and the Salmonella isolates belonged to 16 different serotypes, the most frequent being Kentucky, Derby and Tennessee, with five isolates each. Six Salmonella isolates from serotypes Brancaster and Kentucky were multidrug-resistant (MDR). Whole-genome sequencing revealed that four of these MDR isolates belonged to the emergent S. enterica serotype Kentucky clone ST198-X1 and to an invasive lineage of S. enterica serotype Enteritidis (West African clade). This study reveals a high prevalence of Salmonella spp. in sandwiches sold in Ouagadougou. The presence of MDR Salmonella in food on sale detected in this study is also matter of concern.
Bibliography:	ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 PMCID: PMC8211238 Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
ISSN:	1932-6203 1932-6203
DOI:	10.1371/journal.pone.0253312