%0 Journal Article
%T BIOMOLECULAR IDENTIFICATION OF METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STRAINS OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS (MRSA) ISOLATED FROM MEAT AND MEAT PROCESSING ENVIRONMENTS
%A V. DĄŻOrio
%A A.R. Festino
%A C. Costanzo
%A P. Di Ciccio
%J Italian Journal of Food Safety
%D 2013
%I PAGEPress Publications
%R 10.4081/ijfs.2008.1.35
%X 371 samples from meat and meat-environments were collected and examined for the detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The structural gene for penicillin-binding protein 2a (mecA gene), was amplified by PCR and detected by agarose gel electrophoresis. 96 samples (25.8%), contained S. aureus and 2 of them (2.08%) were mecA positive. Further assays are necessary to evaluate the spread of MRSA in food and food-environments.
%K Staphylococcus aureus
%K Methicillin resistance
%K MRSA
%K mecA.
%U http://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/ijfs/article/view/1019