Abstract
This study was conducted to determine the susceptibility of Listeria monocytogenes isolated from food products to antimicrobial agents commonly used for treatment of infections with gram-positive bacteria, and to disinfectants. A total of 114 L. monocytogenes retail isolates were tested for susceptibility to ceftiofur, chloramphenicol, ciprofloxacin, erythromycin, florfenicol, penicillin, spectinomycin, steptomycin, tetracycline, tiamulin, trimethoprim, and co-trimoxazole, and the disinfectants benzalkonium choloride and triclosan, by determination of minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs). All isolates were resistant to ceftiofur, but susceptible to the other antibiotics. A single isolate had a MIC of 4 mg/L for ciprofloxacin. For tiamulin. the MIC values were around the breakpoint used. Most isolates had MICs for triclosan at 16 mg/L. The MICs for benzalkonium chloride formed a bimodal distribution, with 105 isolates having a MIC a 4 mg/L and 9 isolates MICs of 16 and 32 mig/L. This study showed that Danish isolates of L. monocytogenes have not developed or acquired resistance to antimicrobial agents used for treatment of other gram-positive bacteria, suggesting that triclosan might not be useful against L. monocytogenes if incorporated in materials in the food industry.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Foodborne Pathogens and Diseases |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Pages (from-to) | 216-221 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| ISSN | 1535-3141 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2007 |