Toxigenic Campylobacter jejuni in vegetables farms and retail outlets in Terengganu
This study was conducted to determine the prevalence and antibiotic resistance among toxigenic Campylobacter jejuni in ulam at farms and retail outlets located in Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia. A total of 526 samples (ulam, soil, and fertilizer) were tested for the presence of C. jejuni and the gene fo...
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Faculty of Food Science and Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia
2017
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| description | This study was conducted to determine the prevalence and antibiotic resistance among toxigenic Campylobacter jejuni in ulam at farms and retail outlets located in Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia. A total of 526 samples (ulam, soil, and fertilizer) were tested for the presence of C. jejuni and the gene for cytolethal distending toxin (cdt) by using a multiplex PCR method. Antibiotic susceptibility to 10 types of antibiotics was determined using the disc diffusion method for 33 C. jejuni isolates. The average prevalence of contaminated samples from farms, wet markets, and supermarkets was 35.29, 52.66, and 69.88%, respectively. The cdt gene was not detected in 24 of the 33 C. jejuni isolates, but 9 isolates harbored cdtC. Antibiotic resistance in C. jejuni isolates was highest to penicillin G (96.97% of isolates) followed by vancomycin (87.88%), ampicillin (75.76%), erythromycin (60.61%), tetracycline (9.09%), amikacin (6.06%), and norfloxacin (3.03%); none of the isolates were resistant to ciprofloxacin, enrofloxacin, and gentamicin. In this study, C. jejuni was present in ulam, and some isolates were highly resistant to some antibiotics except quinolones. Thus, appropriate attention and measures are required to prevent C. jejuni contamination on farms and at retail outlets. |
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| spelling | upm-603202018-05-21T01:29:11Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/60320/ Toxigenic Campylobacter jejuni in vegetables farms and retail outlets in Terengganu Tang, John Yew Huat Khalid, M. I. Radu, Son This study was conducted to determine the prevalence and antibiotic resistance among toxigenic Campylobacter jejuni in ulam at farms and retail outlets located in Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia. A total of 526 samples (ulam, soil, and fertilizer) were tested for the presence of C. jejuni and the gene for cytolethal distending toxin (cdt) by using a multiplex PCR method. Antibiotic susceptibility to 10 types of antibiotics was determined using the disc diffusion method for 33 C. jejuni isolates. The average prevalence of contaminated samples from farms, wet markets, and supermarkets was 35.29, 52.66, and 69.88%, respectively. The cdt gene was not detected in 24 of the 33 C. jejuni isolates, but 9 isolates harbored cdtC. Antibiotic resistance in C. jejuni isolates was highest to penicillin G (96.97% of isolates) followed by vancomycin (87.88%), ampicillin (75.76%), erythromycin (60.61%), tetracycline (9.09%), amikacin (6.06%), and norfloxacin (3.03%); none of the isolates were resistant to ciprofloxacin, enrofloxacin, and gentamicin. In this study, C. jejuni was present in ulam, and some isolates were highly resistant to some antibiotics except quinolones. Thus, appropriate attention and measures are required to prevent C. jejuni contamination on farms and at retail outlets. Faculty of Food Science and Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2017 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/60320/1/46-1.pdf Tang, John Yew Huat and Khalid, M. I. and Radu, Son (2017) Toxigenic Campylobacter jejuni in vegetables farms and retail outlets in Terengganu. In: International Food Research Conference (IFRC 2017), 25-27 July 2017, Complex of the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research and Innovation), Universiti Putra Malaysia. (pp. 5-8). |
| spellingShingle | Tang, John Yew Huat Khalid, M. I. Radu, Son Toxigenic Campylobacter jejuni in vegetables farms and retail outlets in Terengganu |
| title | Toxigenic Campylobacter jejuni in vegetables farms and retail outlets in Terengganu |
| title_full | Toxigenic Campylobacter jejuni in vegetables farms and retail outlets in Terengganu |
| title_fullStr | Toxigenic Campylobacter jejuni in vegetables farms and retail outlets in Terengganu |
| title_full_unstemmed | Toxigenic Campylobacter jejuni in vegetables farms and retail outlets in Terengganu |
| title_short | Toxigenic Campylobacter jejuni in vegetables farms and retail outlets in Terengganu |
| title_sort | toxigenic campylobacter jejuni in vegetables farms and retail outlets in terengganu |
| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/60320/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/60320/1/46-1.pdf |