Antimicrobial Resistance of Enterococcus sp. Isolated from Sheep and Goat Cheeses

This study aimed to calculate the proportion of antibiotic resistance profiles Enterococcus faecium, E. faecalis, and durans isolated from traditional sheep goat cheeses obtained a selected border area Slovakia with Hungary (region Slanské vrchy). A total 110 sp. were cheese samples, which 52 strains (E. faecium (12), faecalis (28), (12)) represented. After isolation identification by polymerase chain reaction matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time-of-flight mass spectrometry, enterococci durans) submitted susceptibility tests against nine antimicrobial agents. In general, more resistant than faecium. high percentage was noted in rifampicin (100%), vancomycin (85.7%), teicoplanin (71.4%), erythromycin minocycline (57.1%), nitrofurantoin ciprofloxacin (14.3%), levofloxacin (14.3%). showed (66.7%), (33.3%), vancomycin, teicoplanin, (100%). Multidrug-resistant confirmed 80% this study. Continuous monitoring their incidence emerging is important order prevent potential risk public health caused contamination milk other dairy products, such as cheeses, made on farm level.