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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence, antimicrobial resistance in both S. aureus and Salmonella, and presence of enterotoxigenic as well as biofilm-forming genes in S. aureus bacteria isolated from broiler meat from traditional shops and supermarkets in Sharqia, Egypt. For this determination, two hundred (fresh raw sound chicken meat) cotton swabs were collected from the breast and thighs (100 each) were randomly collected from different localities with different sanitation levels at Abuhammad, El-Sharkia governorate.
There were 19 out of the 200 samples tested positive for S. aureus (9.5 %), with a higher percentage in the thighs 10 % than in the breasts 9 %. No vancomycin resistance strains were obtained, nor did any ciprofloxacin isolates for S. aureus
The MRSA specimens that had the mecA gene were (5 %, 10 / 200), while the blaZ gene accounted for (5.5 %, 11 / 200). The obtained isolates gave 60 % strong biofilm formation and 40 % were non-formers, with nil results for moderate or weak production isolates.