Search

The aims of this study were to evaluate the prevalence of Salmonella spp., including S . Enteritidis and S. Typhimurium, their antibiotic resistance profiles, and the presence/absence of class 1 integron ( intI1 ) in 50 raw ground beef and 50 raw, meatball samples collected in the Samsun Province, Turkey. For the detection of Salmonella, conventional culture technique and PCR assay were used. The antibiotic resistance profiles of the isolates against nine antibiotics were tested. Salmonella spp. was detected in 20 ( n  = 86 isolates) samples, namely 12 ground beef and 8 meatball samples. Salmonella Enteritidis ( n  = 12; 24 isolates) or S . Typhimurium ( n  = 3; 6 isolates) was detected in 15 (75.00%, n  = 30 isolates) samples. At least one species-specific gene ( oriC or invA ) was detected in the isolates. All isolates were sensitive to two of the third-generation cephalosporins and also nalidixic acid. There was a different level of multidrug resistance (MDR) between S . Enteritidis and Typhimurium isolates. Class 1 integron was detected in four samples ( n  = 7 isolates); seven isolates were S . Enteritidis and four out of the seven S . Enteritidis isolates were also MDR. In conclusion, the presence of Salmonella , particularly S . Enteritidis and S . Typhimurium, in ground beef and meatballs may cause foodborne infections. The presence of antibiotic-resistant Salmonella and S . Enteritidis with the Cls1integron is important for horizontal antibiotic gene transfer.

Background/aim: To analyze interrelated Salmonella Enteritidis strains isolated in Turkey. Fifty-five S. Enteritidis surveillance strains were isolated from human feces and environmental samples from different regions in Turkey between 2000 and 2010., Materials and Methods: Clinical isolates were selected from different outbreaks in the Turkish National Reference Laboratory. All isolates were submitted to antimicrobial susceptibility test, plasmid profile analysis, and XbaI-digested pulsed-field gel electrophoresis., Results: The strains were scanned against 20 antibiotics and for 3 of them (amikacin, ciprofloxacin, gentamicin), all strains were found to be sensitive. Five isolates had no plasmid. Most of test strains carried the 57-kb plasmid in common and 15 genotypes were identified among the 55 isolates. Six genotypes were related closely, 3 genotypes were undistinguished, and 6 genotypes were unrelated., Conclusion: To our knowledge, this is the first report on the phenotypic and molecular characterization of S. Enteritidis isolates from both environmental samples and clinical isolates in Turkey.

Thirty-eight Salmonella Enteritidis isolates from chickens and chicken meat in Turkey were examined for antimicrobial susceptibility, XbaI pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) patterns, phage types, plasmid profiles, and resistance genes. Seven different PFGE patterns were observed, with the most common accounting for 71% (X1). The most common phage type was PT4, followed by PT7, PT16, PT1, PT6, and PT35. Different phage types shared the same PFGE pattern. Twenty-one isolates were susceptible to all antimicrobial agents tested whereas eight were resistant to two or more antimicrobials. Six isolates were resistant to gentamicin, spectinomycin, streptomycin, and sulphamethoxazole and one of these in addition to nalidixic acid. Two isolates were resistant to ampicillin and nalidixic acid. An additional nine isolates were resistant to nalidixic acid only. All six streptomycin-resistant isolates had aadA located in an integron class 1 structure. Both ampicillin-resistant isolates had the bla(TEM) gene. Five different plasmid profiles were found among the isolates. Sixty-five percent of isolates contained a single plasmid with an approximate size of 55-60 kb. Plasmid profiling confirmed the PFGE pattern.

Forty-one paediatric isolates of Salmonella spp. from Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, between 2001 and 2004 were examined for susceptibility to various antibiotics and presence of antibiotic resistance genes. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and plasmid profiling were used to determine possible genetic relationships among Salmonellaenterica subsp. enterica clinical isolates. Plasmids from resistant strains were not transferred by conjugation to recipient Escherichia coli cells. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and restriction enzyme digestion analysis of DNA revealed that multidrug-resistant isolates belonged to the same clonal group, characterized by ACSSuT resistotype. Isolates of R-type ACSSuT were positive for the intI gene and possessed a single plasmid of 60 MDa.

The aim of the study was to investigate the characteristics of Salmonella serotype Enteritidis strains isolated from outbreaks and sporadic cases in Turkey by plasmid profiles and randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) patterns. A total of 64 S. Enteritidis clinical strains were selected from the culture collection of the Enterobacteria Laboratory of Ankara University Medical School Department of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology for molecular analysis using the plasmid profiles and RAPD method. Fifty-six isolates (88%) harbored one to four plasmids ranging in size from 2.5 to 100 kbp. 57 kbp plasmids were the most common plasmids, and forty-four strains (69%) carried 57 kbp plasmids alone or together with other plasmids. The outbreak strains carried the same plasmid profile: three plasmids sized 57, 40, 3.0 kbp. None of the strains analyzed displayed any RAPD bands with the primer OPB-17. By using primer p-1254, 42 strains (66%) were divided into fourteen RAPD patterns. Ten of the outbreak strains (77%) showed >80% similarity by cluster analysis program. Analysis of RAPD-PCR with primer p-1254 proved an easy, rapid and discriminative method complementing antibiogram and plasmid profiles in routine laboratories, and may contribute to the investigations of S. Enteritidis which still cause outbreaks in Turkey. This study presents the first report on S. Enteritidis isolates in Turkey investigated by plasmid profiles and RAPD methods.

A case of fatal salmonellosis in a Eurasian eagle-owl (Bubo bubo) from Bursa Province (northwestern Turkey) is described. The organs of the bird were examined histopathologically and microbiologically. Macroscopic and microscopic findings were consistent with a Salmonella infection. Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovar Enteritidis (S. Enteritidis) phage type (PT) 21b was isolated from the liver and spleen in pure culture and from the intestine. The isolate was susceptible to amoxycillin/clavulanic acid, ampicillin, chloramphenicol, gentamicin, kanamycin, tetracycline, and trimethoprim/sulphamethoxazole. This is the first report of an isolation of salmonellae from a wild bird species from Turkey and the first time S. Enteritidis PT21b has been reported from Turkey.

Objective: To examine 13 Salmonella typhimurium and 22 S. enteritidis strains isolated from individual cases of gastroenteritis for their phage types, antibiotic susceptibilities and plasmid profiles., Methods: The phage typing of S. typhimurium strains was done according to the method of Anderson et al, and the phage typing scheme of Ward et al was used for phage typing of S. enteritidis strains. Antibiotic susceptibility testing was performed by the Kirby-Bauer disk diffusion method. Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase production of the strains was determined by the three-dimensional method. Plasmid profiles of the strains were examined using the method described by Kado and Liu with some modification by Graeber et al., Results: Two S. typhimurium strains were DT 193 and one was DT 22, whereas 10 strains were untypable. PT 4 was the predominant phage type among S. enteritidis strains. Four S. enteritidis strains were DT 6a, three strains were PT 1 and one strain was PT 8, whereas only one strain was untypable. Eleven of 13 S. typhimurium and three of 22 S. enteritidis strains were found to be multiresistant. Ten different resistance patterns among S. typhimurium and four different resistance patterns among S. enteritidis strains were detected. Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase production was detected in 10 of 13 S. typhimurium and in three of 22 S. enteritidis strains. All S. typhimurium strains but one were found to contain at least one plasmid, with molecular masses varying between 4 and 107 MDa, and 11 different plasmid patterns were determined. Plasmid pattern analysis permitted further differentiation of the S. enteritidis strains into nine groups. A serovar-specific virulence plasmid of 36 MDa was detected in 13 of 22 S. enteritidis strains., Conclusions: The results suggest that the majority of S. typhimurium strains were closely related.