Affiliation:
1. Department of Food Science, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803
Abstract
ABSTRACT
We investigated the prevalence of
Staphylococcus aureus
and methicillin-resistant
S. aureus
(MRSA) in 120 retail meat samples from 30 grocery stores in Baton Rouge, LA.
S. aureus
strains were recovered from 45.6% of pork samples and 20% of beef samples, whereas MRSA strains were isolated from six meat samples (five pork samples and one beef sample). The MRSA isolates were of two strain types (clones), one harboring Panton-Valentine leucocidin and belonging to pulsed-field gel electrophoresis type USA300 and the other one belonging to USA100.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Ecology,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology,Food Science,Biotechnology
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