Antimicrobial susceptibility of Enterococcus species isolated from Slovak bryndza cheese

• Published in: Folia microbiologica Vol. 52; no. 2; pp. 115 - 119
• Main Authors: Belicova, A.,Univerzita Komenskeho, Bratislava (Slovak Republic). Ustav Bunkovej Biologie, Krizkova, L.,Univerzita Komenskeho, Bratislava (Slovak Republic). Ustav Bunkovej Biologie, Krajcovic, J.,Univerzita Komenskeho, Bratislava (Slovak Republic). Ustav Bunkovej Biologie, Jurkovic, D.,Univerzita Komenskeho, Bratislava (Slovak Republic). Ustav Bunkovej Biologie, Sojka, M.,Univerzita Komenskeho, Bratislava (Slovak Republic). Ustav Bunkovej Biologie, Ebringer, L.,Univerzita Komenskeho, Bratislava (Slovak Republic). Ustav Bunkovej Biologie, Dusinsky, R.,Univerzita Komenskeho, Bratislava (Slovak Republic). Ustav Bunkovej Biologie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01-01-2007
• Subjects: Anti-Infective Agents - pharmacology; ANTIBIOTICOS; ANTIBIOTICS; ANTIBIOTIQUE; ANTIMICROBIALS; ANTIMICROBIANOS; ANTIMICROBIEN; Cheese - microbiology; Drug Resistance; Enterococcus; Enterococcus - classification; Enterococcus - drug effects; Enterococcus - isolation & purification; Enterococcus faecium; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; ERITROMICINA; ERYTHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCINE; ESPECE; ESPECIES; ESTREPTOMICINA; EWE CHEESE; Food Microbiology; FROMAGE DE BREBIS; GENE; GENES; GENTAMICINA; GENTAMYCIN; GENTAMYCINE; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_10665; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_11123; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_16605; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_16606; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_24894; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_3214; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_32464; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_37069; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_492; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_509; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_5670; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_5736; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_7280; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_7451; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; PENICILINA; PENICILLINE; PENICILLINS; QUESO DE OVEJA; RESISTANCE AUX PRODUITS CHIMIQUES; RESISTANCE TO CHEMICALS; RESISTENCIA A PRODUCTOS QUIMICOS; SEASONAL VARIATION; Seasons; Slovakia; SPECIES; STREPTOCOCCUS FAECALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS FAECIUM; STREPTOMYCIN; STREPTOMYCINE; VARIACION ESTACIONAL; VARIATION SAISONNIERE; Slovakia
• ISSN: 0015-5632; 1874-9356
• DOI: 10.1007/BF02932149

Three hundred and ten enterococcal isolates (178 Enterococcus faecium, 68 E. durans, 49 E. faecalis, 8 E. italicus, 3 E. gallinarum, 3 E. casseliflavus, and 1 E. hirae) from Slovak Bryndza cheese were evaluated for susceptibility to nine antimicrobial agents (vancomycin, teicoplanin, ampicillin, streptomycin, gentamicin, erythromycin, rifampicin, nitrofurantoin, and ciprofloxacin). All enterococcal isolates from Bryndza cheese were susceptible to ampicillin, streptomycin, gentamicin, vancomycin, and teicoplanin as determined by the disk diffusion method. Vancomycin resistance genes vanA and vanB were not detected. Resistance rates of enterococcal isolates to rifampicin, erythromycin, ciprofloxacin, and nitrofurantoin were 24, 26, 2, and 1%, respectively. Thirty-six % of E. faecium isolates and 22% of the E. faecalis isolates were resistant to erythromycin. Resistance to rifampicin was similar in E. faecium (31%) and E. faecalis (29%). Both E. faecium and E. faecalis strains showed the same resistance to ciprofloxacin (2%). E. durans isolates showed low levels of resistance to rifampicin, erythromycin, ciprofloxacin, and nitrofurantoin (1-4%). Forty-eight (30 %) of the E. faecium isolates, two (3%) of the E. durans isolates, and six (12%) of the E. faecalis isolates exhibited multidrug resistance. The highest frequency of resistant enterococci was observed in Bryndza produced in winter season.