ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY PROFILE AND DISTRIBUTION OF PATHOGENIC AND TOXIGENIC GENES IN METHICILLIN RESISTANT Staphylococcus aureus ISOLATED FROM ABATTOIR FACILITIES IN BENIN CITY, NIGERIA.
OMORUYI, I. M., EMMANUEL, J., OBODO, I. C. AND ODJADJARE, E. E. O.
ABSTRACT
Abattoir facilities are poorly delineated sources of human exposure to zoonotic antibiotic resistant bacteria such as methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The current study was aimed at investigating the prevalence of MRSA in two abattoir facilities located in Benin City, Nigeria, and the distribution of pathogenic and toxigenic genes among isolates. A total of 64 samples (including beef, swab from slaughter table surfaces….