ABSTRACT

Food borne diseases are one of the major causes of concern in developing countries resulting in several deaths annually. This study was carried out to evaluate the prevalence of antibiotics resistant Staphylococcus aureus in meat samples intended for human consumption in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria. A total of 56 different types of meat were collected from different sales points in Abakaliki metropolis and sent to the laboratory for analysis. Exactly, 1 g of each sample was macerated into slurry and cultured. Isolated organisms were counted, characterized and identified using standard microbiological techniques. Antibiotic susceptibility tests were carried out using the disc diffusion method according to National Committee for Clinical laboratory Standards (NCCLS). The results of microbial count showed that microbial load of samples from Kpirikpiri ranged from 1.81 ±2.20 to 2.15 ± 3.00 x106 Cfu/g, while those from Meat Market and Mbukobe ranged from 1.16 ± 4.56 to 2.03 ± 3.12x106 Cfu/g and 1.46 ±5.83 to 2.00 ±2.82 x106Cfu/g respectively. The prevalence of S. aureus across the meat sampled from the sales point differed significantly ranging from 21.05 % to 42.11 %. The antibiotics susceptibility test showed that 100 % of the isolates were susceptible to imipenem (IPM), but all isolates from pork from the 3 locations sampled were also 100 % susceptible to meropenem (MEM). However, all the isolates were 100 % resistant to cefoxitin and amoxicillin. Theisolates showed MARI ranging from 0.2 to 0.7 with mean value of 0.6. This study has shown that meat samples sold in Abakaliki contains high prevalence of antibiotics resistant S. aureus. Keyword: Antibiotic resistance, raw meat, Staphylococcus aureus, Abakaiki
Publication date: 01/03/2020

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2020/9.3.4938