<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The aim of the study was to evaluate the drug resistance of <italic>Enterococcus faecalis</italic> and <italic>Enterococcus faecium</italic> isolated from different types of poultry waste. The study material consisted of feather samples (duck, turkey, chicken), sludge and centrifuge sediment, originating from three poultry farms. The study was conducted in two stages; isolation and identification of <italic>Enterococcus</italic> bacteria from the waste and evaluation of their drug resistance using Kirby-Bauer method. Contamination of the poultry waste with <italic>Enterococcus</italic> isolates included <italic>E</italic>. <italic>faecium</italic> species (79 %) and <italic>E. faecalis</italic> (21 %). The most contaminated were sludge and sediment from the centrifuge as well as chicken feathers, irrespective of the place and time of sampling. Tested isolates showed multiple resistance and similar reaction to all antibiotics used in the study and <italic>E. faecalis</italic> strain was more resistant. <italic>Enterococcus</italic> isolates showed the highest resistance to streptogramins, carbapenems, fluoroquinones, aminoglycosides and penicillins, and the lowest for nitrofurantions and phenicols.</p></abstract>

The aim of the study was to evaluate the drug resistance of Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium isolated from different types of poultry waste. The study material consisted of feather samples (duck, turkey, chicken), sludge and centrifuge sediment, originating from three poultry farms. The study was conducted in two stages; isolation and identification of Enterococcus bacteria from the waste and evaluation of their drug resistance using Kirby-Bauer method. Contamination of the poultry waste with Enterococcus isolates included E. faecium species (79 %) and E. faecalis (21 %). The most contaminated were sludge and sediment from the centrifuge as well as chicken feathers, irrespective of the place and time of sampling. Tested isolates showed multiple resistance and similar reaction to all antibiotics used in the study and E. faecalis strain was more resistant. Enterococcus isolates showed the highest resistance to streptogramins, carbapenems, fluoroquinones, aminoglycosides and penicillins, and the lowest for nitrofurantions and phenicols.

Antibiotics Resistance in <italic>Enterococcus</italic> Isolates From Poultry Waste

Department of Chemistry, Microbiology and Environmental Biotechnology

West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin

Institute of Environmental Engineering and Biotechnology, Faculty of Natural and Technical Science

Ecological Chemistry and Engineering S

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Antibiotics Resistance in  Isolates From Poultry Waste

The aim of the study was to evaluate the drug resistance of Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium isolated from different types of poultry waste. The...

Antibiotics Resistance in Enterococcus Isolates From Poultry Waste

Pubblicato online: 17 lug 2020

Pagine: 305 - 316

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eces-2020-0020

Parole chiave
poultry waste, bacterial resistance,

© 2020 Krystyna Cybulska et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Antibiotics Resistance in Enterococcus Isolates From Poultry Waste

Pubblicato online: 17 lug 2020

Pagine: 305 - 316

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eces-2020-0020

Parole chiavepoultry waste, bacterial resistance,

© 2020 Krystyna Cybulska et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Parole chiave
poultry waste, bacterial resistance,