Prevalence of Multidrug Resistant Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli in Cattle Meat and Its Contact Surfaces

نویسندگان

1 Food Control Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University 44519, Egypt

2 Department of Veterinary Hygiene, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University 44519, Egypt

3 Department of Veterinary Public Health and Animal Husbandry, College of Veterinary Medicine, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia

4 Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan

doi
10.29252/jfqhc.5.4.6
چکیده

Background: Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) are group of E. coli causing bloody diarrhea. The goal of this survey was to determine the prevalence of multidrug resistant shiga toxin-producing E. coli in cattle meat and its contact surfaces. Methods: Swab samples (n=120) were randomly collected from meat and contact surface of ...