Prevalence and Molecular Characterization of Shiga Toxin Producing E.coli Isolated from Some Locally Produced Beef Products

Authors

  • Elbagoury A.M. Department of Food Hygiene & Control, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine ,University of Sadat City, Egypt
  • Shawish R.R. Department of Food Hygiene & Control, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine ,University of Sadat City, Egypt
  • Edris A.M. Department of Food Control, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Benha University, Egypt

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53555/nnssh.v2i5.327

Keywords:

STEC, Serovars, Genotypes, beef, products

Abstract

Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) may cause severe gastrointestinal andsystematic diseases in humans that result from consumption of meat products. STEC wereisolated from some beef products on Trypticase Soya Broth and Sorbitol MacConkey agarsupplemented with cefixime and tellurite supplements and were biochemically identified .Further identifications were performed including Vero cells cytotoxicity assay and PCRtechnique for specific VT1/VT2 and eae genes. It was obvious from the obtained resuts thatthe incidance of shiga-toxin producing E.coli were 22%, 12%, 10%, 16% and 2% in minced meat, beef burger, beef sausage, beef kofta and beef luncheon, respectively. The serovars ofshiga-toxin producing E.coli isolated from the examined meat samples were O111, O26,O103, O119 ,O128 ,O86, O45 ,O146 ,O119 and O121. E.coli O111, O26, O103, O91, O86and O119 that proved to have Stx1 and Stx2 genes. E.coli O128 and O121 had only Stx1,while E.coli O146 had only Stx2.Concerning the eae gene responsible for the attaching andeffacing lesions, E. coli O111 and O26 isolates proved to possess such gene .In conclusionbeef beef products constitute an important reservoir of STEC infection to man and it wasdecleared that PCR technique is the most rapid, sensitive and efficient approach for detectionof STEC in beef products.

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Published

2016-05-31

How to Cite

A.M., E., R.R., S., & A.M., E. (2016). Prevalence and Molecular Characterization of Shiga Toxin Producing E.coli Isolated from Some Locally Produced Beef Products. Journal of Advance Research in Social Science and Humanities (ISSN 2208-2387), 2(5), 17-29. https://doi.org/10.53555/nnssh.v2i5.327