Fatma Yousseff

This study aimed to investigate the prevalence, antibiogram of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa), and the distribution of virulence genes (oprL, exoS, phzM, and toxA) and the antibiotic-resistance genes (blaTEM, tetA, and blaCTX-M). A total of 285 fish (165 Oreochromis niloticus and 120 Clarias gariepinus) were collected randomly from private fish farms in Ismailia Governorate, Egypt. The col ...

Highlights• A total of 5.5% (8/144) of the examined chicken samples were contaminated with MRSA.• Most MRSA isolates (75%, 6/8) harboured the staphylococcal enterotoxin B (seb) gene.• Ø MRSA isolates initiated SEB production in experimentally contaminated chicken livers within 24 h of storage at > 8 °C.•SEB was maximally produced at 24 °C when the MRSA counts ...