TY - JOUR AU - Traversa, A. AU - Bianchi, D.M AU - Parlato, C. AU - Fossati, L. AU - Cavallerio, P. AU - Domenis, L. AU - Spedicato, R AU - Battisti, A. AU - Decastelli, L PY - 2010/03/13 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS STRAINS IN FOOD AND ANIMAL JF - Italian Journal of Food Safety JA - Ital J Food Safety VL - 1 IS - 7 SE - Original Articles DO - 10.4081/ijfs.2010.1106 UR - https://www.pagepressjournals.org/ijfs/article/view/ijfs.2010.7.65 SP - 65-69 AB - Some authors reported the possibility of a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) human infections from meat and dairy products and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus intermedius isolation in animals. The aim of this study is to investigate the methicillin-resistance in S. aureus strains and in S. intermedius strains (food and wild animals). 236 S.aureus strains from food, 36 S.aureus strains and 1 S. intermedius strain from wild animals were analyzed. 2 (0.74%) MRSA strains from bovine milk were phenotipically resistant to cefoxitin, grew on chromogenic medium (MRSA Brilliance Oxoid) and were mecA positive. All MRSA strains had the spa-type t899. All mecA positive strains showed at least resistance to eight of the antibiotics tested but none to glicopeptides. Both MRSA strains were enterotoxigenic. ER -