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Survival of clinical and food Acinetobacter spp. isolates exposed to different stress conditions

dc.contributor.authorCampos, Ana
dc.contributor.authorLopes, Maria Sequeira
dc.contributor.authorCarvalheira, Ana
dc.contributor.authorBarbosa, Joana
dc.contributor.authorTeixeira, Paula
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-25T17:17:28Z
dc.date.available2018-10-25T17:17:28Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractAcinetobacter baumanni is recognized as one of the most important agents of nosocomial infections. Other species such as Acinetobacter lwoffii have also been associated with such infections. These species can be found in food products, such as vegetables, fruits and meats which can be a source of transmission of these organisms to community and hospital settings. Evidence that hospitals’ kitchens are a route of entry of pathogenic and antimicrobial-resistant bacteria was recently demonstrated. This study aimed to determine whether different Acinetobacter spp. isolated from human and food samples (lettuce, turkey meat, apple and pear) were resistant to stress conditions often applied in food processes, such as exposure to 60 °C, AMUKINA® and vinegar. Also the influence of food matrices on the behavior of isolates to these stress conditions was evaluated. Treatment with AMUKINA® and vinegar were effective against all clinical and food isolates. Exposure to 60 °C resulted in the reduction of the majority of isolates to values below the detection limit of the enumeration technique, however, it is important to note that most of the reductions only occurred after 30 min of exposure. One food isolate identified as A. baumanni was resistant to this thermal treatment and one clinical isolate only decreased 4 log cycles after 1 h. In general, food isolates were demonstrated to be more resistant than clinical isolates and no significant differences (p > 0.05) were found between A. baumanni and A. lwoffii species. With the exception of one food isolate that was more resistant to thermal stress in the presence of turkey meat, the food matrices investigated did not confer protection to the applied stresses. Due to the limited knowledge on this topic, we believe that this study is an important contribution to understanding the behavior of Acinetobacter spp. when exposed to treatments commonly applied to foods.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationCampos, A., Lopes, M. S., Carvalheira, A., Barbosa, J., & Teixeira, P. (2019). Survival of clinical and food Acinetobacter spp. isolates exposed to different stress conditions. Food Microbiology, 77, 202–207. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fm.2018.09.009pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.fm.2018.09.009pt_PT
dc.identifier.eid85054778351
dc.identifier.eissn1095-9998
dc.identifier.issn0740-0020
dc.identifier.pmid30297051
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/25839
dc.identifier.wos000446459100023
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherElsevierpt_PT
dc.relationClostridium difficile: prevalence in foods and study of alternative treatments to conventional therapeutics applied on C. difficile infection
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectAcinetobacter baumanniipt_PT
dc.subjectAcinetobacter lwoffiipt_PT
dc.subjectAMUKINA®pt_PT
dc.subjectFood matricespt_PT
dc.subjectThermal stresspt_PT
dc.subjectVinegarpt_PT
dc.titleSurvival of clinical and food Acinetobacter spp. isolates exposed to different stress conditionspt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.awardTitleClostridium difficile: prevalence in foods and study of alternative treatments to conventional therapeutics applied on C. difficile infection
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oaire.citation.endPage207pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage202pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleFood Microbiologypt_PT
oaire.citation.volume77
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