Staphylococcus aureus in two municipal abattoirs in Nigeria: Risk perception, spread and public health implications
| Autor: | Victoria Olusola Adetunji, Britta Ballhausen, Ibraheem Ghali-Mohammed, Mukaila T. Adelowo, Alexandra Fetsch, Ismail Ayoade Odetokun, Shakirat A. Adetunji |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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0301 basic medicine
Adult Male Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus medicine.medical_specialty Staphylococcus aureus Meat Swine media_common.quotation_subject 030106 microbiology Nigeria Microbial Sensitivity Tests Biology medicine.disease_cause Microbiology 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult fluids and secretions Antibiotic resistance Hygiene Risk Factors Environmental health Zoonoses Drug Resistance Bacterial medicine Prevalence Animals Humans Spa typing media_common General Veterinary Public health technology industry and agriculture General Medicine Middle Aged Staphylococcal Infections Risk perception Carriage Cross-Sectional Studies Marital status Cattle Female Public Health Nasal Cavity Abattoirs |
| Zdroj: | Veterinary microbiology. 216 |
| ISSN: | 1873-2542 |
| Popis: | Staphylococcus aureus is a zoonotic pathogen of significant public health concern. Information on the prevalence and risk factors facilitating bacterial colonization and spread under abattoir settings in Nigeria are scarce. This cross-sectional study was designed to determine prevalence of S. aureus as well as risk factors on knowledge and practices facilitating pathogen carriage among workers and slaughter animals in two municipal abattoirs of Ilorin and Ibadan, Nigeria. Swab samples (n = 1671) from nostrils of cattle, goats, pigs and abattoir workers, and from meat tables and abattoir walls were collected for detection of S. aureus. A questionnaire was administered to 275 workers to elucidate risk factors of pathogen carriage applying a logistic regression model. S. aureus prevalence was 6.5%. In total, MSSA and MRSA were detected at a frequency of 5.4% and 1.1%. Molecular analysis of the isolates revealed 19 different spa types, including a novel spa type (t16751). Gender, marital status, occupation and abattoir location were factors influencing worker's practices in relation to pathogen carriage and spread in the abattoir setting. This present study detected not only low MSSA and MRSA prevalence, in both abattoirs but also low risk perception and hygiene practices employed by abattoir workers. Good practices among workers at Nigerian abattoirs are needed to mitigate S. aureus carriage. Further studies expounding the antibiotic resistance and relationships of MSSA and MRSA strains detected in this study are needed to complement understanding of the spread of S. aureus in the abattoir food chain. |
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