title: Multiresistance of Staphylococcus xylosus and Staphylococcus equorum from Slovak Bryndza cheese.
abstract: Staphylococcus xylosus, Staphylococcus equorum, and Staphylococcus epidermidis strains were isolated from Bryndza cheese and identified using PCR method. The antimicrobial susceptibility of these strains was assessed using disc diffusion method and broth microdilution method. The highest percentage of resistance was detected for ampicillin and oxacillin, and in contrary, isolates were susceptible or intermediate resistant to ciprofloxacin and chloramphenicol. Fourteen of the S. xylosus isolates (45%) and eleven of the S. equorum isolates (41%) exhibited multidrug resistance. None of the S. epidermidis isolate was multiresistant. The phenotypic resistance to oxacillin was verified by PCR amplification of the gene mecA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Mlynská dolina, 842 15, Bratislava, Slovakia.
authors.forename: Mária
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mikulášová
authors.forename: Jana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Valáriková
authors.forename: Roman
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dušinský
authors.forename: Romana
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chovanová
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Belicová
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002611:Cheese / Q000382:microbiology*; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D005516:Food Microbiology; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents