title: Characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from retail raw chicken meat in Japan.
abstract: Two isolates of mecA-positive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from retail raw chicken meat were characterized by phenotypic and genotypic methods. One isolate showed the human biovar, coagulase type III, phage group I * III, the lack of production of enterotoxins and TSST-1, and resistance to PCG/ABPC/EM/GM/KM. The other isolate showed the human biovar, coagulase type III, phage group III, production of enterotoxin C and TSST-1, and resistance to PCG/ABPC/CEZ. The biotyping results indicate that the two isolates showed characteristics of human S. aureus. They also harbored SCCmec type IV, which has prevalently been found in community-acquired MRSA isolates. This paper is the first publication regarding MRSA isolates from raw chicken meat in Japan.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kobe University, Rokkodai-cho, Nada-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo, Japan.
authors.forename: Satoru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kitai
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: Junichi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kawano
authors.forename: Eri
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Chisa
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nakano
authors.forename: Tatsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Uji
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kitagawa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens / Q000382:microbiology*; D005516:Food Microbiology; D005838:Genotype; D007564:Japan; D008460:Meat / Q000382:microbiology*; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D010641:Phenotype; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*