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Incidence, antibiotic resistance, and virulence profile of Clostridium perfringens in traditional salted sardine, Feseikh and Renga

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Microbiology

Abstract

Salted fish products are one of desirable, traditional and commercial seafood in Egypt. However, some sulfite-reducing anaerobes do not potentiate health hazard, C. perfringens is one of vigorously causing food poisoning globally. This study investigated the drug susceptibility profile and virulence factors of toxigenic C. perfringens, which was isolated from ninety samples of salted Mugil cephalus (feseikh), sardine, and smoked herring (renga) (thirty samples of each), that were randomly collected from different retailers at Qalubiya governorate. The results revealed isolation of eighteen C. perfringens strains from the examined samples (20%); where, it was detected in 30, 20 and 10% of the examined feseikh, renga and sardine samples, respectively. The eighteen detected isolates appeared to be resistant to 41.7% of the tested antibiotics; where, the major resistance was noted against clindamycin (72.2%), while the lowest resistance level was noted against metronidazole (11.1%). For the determination of the detected isolates' virulence profile, plc, proA and cpe genes were examined; where plc and proA were positively detected in all of the examined five isolates; whereas, cpe was positively detected in 80% out of the examined isolates. In addition, bla and ermB resistance genes were examined; where they were detected in 80% and 100% of the examined isolates, respectively. Based on the results obtained, multi-drug resistance toxigenic C. perfringens was found at a substantial rate in one of Egypt's most popular seafood products, indicating possible harm and health hazards for users of such fish products.

DOI

10.21608/bvmj.2024.317434.1867

Keywords

Clostridium perfringens, Food Safety, MDR, Seafood, Sulfite reducing clostridia

Authors

First Name

Takwa

Last Name

Salama

MiddleName

Osama

Affiliation

Department of Bacteriology, Immunology and Mycology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Benha University, Egypt

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takwaosama668@gmail.com

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First Name

Ashraf

Last Name

Abd El-Tawab

MiddleName

Awad

Affiliation

Department of Bacteriology, Immunology, and Mycology , Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Benha University, Benha, Egypt

Email

ashrafabdeltwab@yahoo.com

City

Benha

Orcid

0000-0003-3172-87774

First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Nabil

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Affiliation

Food Hygiene Dept., Animal Health Research Institute (Benha Branch), ARC, Egypt

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mhmdvet2010@gmail.com

City

Benha

Orcid

0000-0002-6758-0199

Volume

47

Article Issue

1

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50877

Issue Date

2024-10-01

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2024-09-02

Publish Date

2024-10-01

Page Start

129

Page End

134

Print ISSN

1110-6581

Online ISSN

2974-4806

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https://bvmj.journals.ekb.eg/article_384936.html

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812

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Benha Veterinary Medical Journal

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https://bvmj.journals.ekb.eg/

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Incidence, antibiotic resistance, and virulence profile of Clostridium perfringens in traditional salted sardine, Feseikh and Renga

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24 Dec 2024