Molecular Surveillance and Dissemination of on Frequently Encountered Surfaces in South African Public Hospitals.

Bacteria that cause life-threatening illnesses in humans are also capable of contaminating hospital surfaces, thus pose as a potential source of infection. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence, genetic diversity, virulence, and antibiotic resistance profile of in South Africa. In a nonoutbreak setting involving four public hospitals, 777 samples were collected in three different wards from 11 different sites.

Antibiotic Resistance in from Poultry and Poultry Products in uMgungundlovu District, South Africa, Using the "Farm to Fork" Approach.

This study determined the prevalence and antibiotic susceptibility profiles of isolated from selected critical control points (farm, transport, abattoir, and retail product) in an intensive poultry production system in the uMgungundlovu District, South Africa, using the "farm to fork" approach. Three hundred eighty-four samples from poultry and poultry products were examined across the "farm to fork" continuum for using selective media, biochemical tests, and API Staph kit and confirmed by polymerase chain reaction identification of the gene. Antibiotic susceptibility testing of the isolates was determined by the Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion method to 19 antimicrobials and to vancomycin by the broth microdilution technique.

Molecular epidemiology of antibiotic-resistant Enterococcus spp. from the farm-to-fork continuum in intensive poultry production in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

The poultry industry is among the main protein suppliers worldwide. Thus, this study determined the antibiotic resistance and virulence profiles of Enterococcus spp. along the farm-to-fork production chain of an intensive poultry system in the uMgungundlovu District, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa.