Determination of antibiotic sensitivity of isolates and the presence of s. aureus in chicken drumsticks samples

This study has investigated the presence of S. aureus and the antibiotic sensitivity of isolates in 120 chicken drumsticks samples packaged and frozen for sale in Adana, Mersin, and Hatay provinces from September 2020 to November 2020. In the study, the Staphylococcus spp. was detected in 99 (82.5 %) of the analyzed samples and the S. aureus was detected in 6 (5 %) of them. It was found that all isolates were sensitive to gentamicin, chloramphenicol, vancomycin and ceftaroline, 33.3% to tetracycline and ertyhtromycin, and 83.3% to oxacillin and ciprofloxacin. The study found that 1 isolate is resistant to 3 antibiotics, 3 isolates are resistant to 2 antibiotics, and 1 isolate is resistant to 1 antibiotic. In total, 4 isolates have been found to be multi-resistant to at least 2 antibiotics, while one isolate has been susceptible to all antibiotics used in the study. Consequently, it was concluded that it is extremely important to comply with HACCP rules at all stages in the production and consumption chain such as maintenance and feeding, poultry slaughtering process, shredding, packaging, transportation and processing into the product, and preventing unconscious antibiotic use.