Occurrence of Antibiotic-Resistant Staphylococcus spp. in Orange Orchards in Thailand
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Orange Orchards and Recruitment
2.2. Environmental Sample Collection
2.3. Worker Samples Collection
2.4. Bacterial Isolates
2.5. Identification of Isolates
2.6. Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing
2.7. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Demographics
3.2. Identification of Staphylococcus Species Isolated
3.3. Antimicrobial Susceptibility
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Staphylococcus Species | Orange Orchard | Other Fruit Orchard | Total | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Env. | Worker | Env. | Worker | Env. | Worker | |
Staphylococcus epidermidis | - | 3 h,h,n | - | 1 n | - | 4 |
Staphylococcus arlettae | 2 w,w | 1 n | - | - | 2 | 1 |
Staphylococcus haemolyticus | 1 os | 1 n | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Staphylococcus saprophyticus | 1 s | - | - | - | 1 | - |
Susceptibility * | |||
---|---|---|---|
Staphylococcal Isolate | Ampicillin | Erythromycin | Tetracycline |
Staphylococcus epidermidis 01 008h1g2 | R | S | S |
Staphylococcus epidermidis 008h1g3 | R | S | S |
Staphylococcus epidermidis 009n1g1 | S | S | S |
Staphylococcus epidermidis 016h1g2 | S | S | S |
Staphylococcus arlettae 001wg6 | R | R | S |
Staphylococcus arlettae 003wg1 | R | R | S |
Staphylococcus arlettae 006n2g1 | S | R | S |
Staphylococcus haemolyticus 001n2b1 | S | S | S |
Staphylococcus haemolyticus 002worg2 | S | R | S |
Staphylococcus saprophyticus 004soig1 | S | R | S |
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Rattanapunya, S.; Deethae, A.; Woskie, S.; Kongthip, P.; Matthews, K.R. Occurrence of Antibiotic-Resistant Staphylococcus spp. in Orange Orchards in Thailand. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 246. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19010246
Rattanapunya S, Deethae A, Woskie S, Kongthip P, Matthews KR. Occurrence of Antibiotic-Resistant Staphylococcus spp. in Orange Orchards in Thailand. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(1):246. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19010246
Chicago/Turabian StyleRattanapunya, Siwalee, Aomhatai Deethae, Susan Woskie, Pornpimol Kongthip, and Karl R. Matthews. 2022. "Occurrence of Antibiotic-Resistant Staphylococcus spp. in Orange Orchards in Thailand" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 1: 246. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19010246