Title:	Prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of Salmonella spp. isolated from chilled chicken meat commercialized at retail in Federal District, Brazil
Authors:	Pavelquesi, Sabrina Lunara Santos Ferreira, Ana Carolina Almeida de Oliveira Rodrigues, Letícia Fernandes Silva Silva, Calliandra Maria de Souza Silva, Izabel Cristina Rodrigues da Orsi, Daniela Castilho
Issue Date:	Sep-2023
Publisher:	Elsevier BV
Citation:	PAVELQUESI, Sabrina Lunara Santos et al. Prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of salmonella spp. isolated from chilled chicken meat commercialized at retail in Federal District, Brazil. Journal of Food Protection, [S. l.], v. 86, n. 9, 100130, 2023. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfp.2023.100130. Disponível em: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfp.2023.100130
Abstract:	Salmonella represents one of the most common foodborne pathogens, frequently associated with the contamination of poultry products, constituting a prominent worldwide public health concern. This study determined the prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of Salmonella spp. in chilled chicken meat (115 samples) commercialized at retail in the Federal District, Brazil. Microbiological tests were performed to screen for Salmonella spp. in the chicken meat samples, and the isolated strains were confirmed by the invA gene presence (PCR tech- nique). The strains were evaluated for antimicrobial susceptibility by the disk diffusion technique (Kirby‐Bauer method) and tested for the presence of the sul2, blaCTX, and tetB antimicrobial resistance genes. The Salmonella spp. prevalence in chilled chicken meat sold at retail in the Federal District, Brazil, was 46.1% (53 of 115 chicken meat samples analyzed had invA gene‐positive strains). Seventy‐eight strains of Salmonella spp. isolated from the 53 contaminated samples showed higher resistance to amoxicillin/clavulanic acid (83.3%), followed by sulfonamide (64.1%) and tetracycline (46.2%); 53.8% of the isolates were multidrug‐resistant (MDR). The sul2 gene that confers resistance to sulfonamide was found in 53 strains (68.0%), the blaCTX gene that confers resistance to beta‐lactams was identified in 39 strains (50.0%), and the tetB gene that confers resistance to tetracycline was identified in 29 strains (37.2%). The high percentage of Salmonella contamination in chicken meat can pose a risk to consumers’ health due to the possibility of causing salmonellosis. In addition, many isolates were MDR and carried antimicrobial resistance genes. Public agencies can use these results to develop effective public health policies and strategies to ensure the safety of these food products.
metadata.dc.description.unidade:	Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologias em Saúde (FCTS) – Campus UnB Ceilândia
metadata.dc.description.ppg:	Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências e Tecnologias em Saúde
Licença::	This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfp.2023.100130
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