본 연구는 어린이집 급식설비 손잡이의 식중독 세균 오 염도를 측정하고, 분리 균주의 독소 유전자와 항생제 내 성을 분석하여 급식설비 손잡이에 의한 집단식중독을 예 방을 위한 과학적 기반을 마련하고자 하였다. 실험 대상 은 전라남도 일부 지역 어린이집 101곳의 냉장고, 냉동고, 자외선 살균기 손잡이, 총 303개를 대상으로 하였다. 어린 이집 냉장고, 냉동고 손잡이에서 B. cereus 4 균주(1.3%) 가 검출되었고 어린이집 냉장고 손잡이에서 S. aureus 2 균주(0.7%)가 검출되었다. B. cereus와 S. aureus의 독소유 전자를 분석한 결과 B. cereus 4개 균주 모두에서 nheA, nheB, nheC, entFM, cytK가 검출되었으나, S. aureus의 2 개 균주의 경우 모두 sea, seb, sec, sed, see, seg, seh, sei, sej 독소유전자가 불검출되었다. B. cereus에서 설사를 유 발하는 장독소가 검출되어 B. cereus에 의한 식중독 발생 가능성이 상존하는 것으로 판단되었다. B. cereus와 S. aureus의 항생제 감수성을 실험한 결과 B. cereus 4 균주 에서 AM, FEP 등 β-lactam계 항생제에 내성을 나타내었 고 S. aureus 균주 모두 AM, P 항생제에 내성을 나타내 었다. S. aureus 균주는 OX 항생제에 각각 중간 내성 1 균주와 감수성 1 균주를 나타내었으나 MRSA는 검출되지 않았다. 이러한 결과를 종합하여 볼 때 어린이집 급식설 비 손잡이의 교차오염으로 인한 식중독 발생을 예방하기 위해 급식설비 손잡이에 대한 주기적인 살균 등 위생관리 방안을 강화해야할 것으로 판단되었다.

Salmonella spp. 11 strains에 대해 저온 열처리(50oC) 3, 6, 9분 후 MIC값을 측정하여 항생제 내성을 알아보았다. Chloramphenicol에 대해 대조군과 열처리한 strains 대부분 에서 감수성(S)이 있는 것으로 나타났고, 열처리한 strains 의 MIC값은 대조군과 비교하였을 때 유지되거나 감소하 였다. Ciprofloxacin에 대해 대조군과 열처리한 strains는 대 부분 감수성(S)이 있거나 중간(I)을 나타냈다. Tetracycline 은 모든 strains에서 감수성(S)이 있는 것으로 나타났으며, S. Gaminara BAA 711에 대해 열처리 후 MIC값이 증가 하였다. Gentamicin에 대해 대조군 strains들에서 감수성을 나타낸 strains가 3 strains, 중간을 나타낸 strains 2 strains, 내성을 가진 strains가 6 strains였으며, 이 중 S. Heidelberg ATCC 8326는 MIC값을 측정했을 때 대조군에서 MIC값 이 8 μg/mL로 MIC break point가 중간이었으나, 3분과 9 분 열처리 후 MIC값이 16 μg/mL로 증가하여 break point 가 내성을 나타냈다. 본 실험결과 Salmonella spp. 11 strains 에 대해서 저온 열처리 후 열내성 효과에 의한 항생제 내성을 알아봤을 때 ciprofloxacin에서 S. Montevideo BAA 710을 3, 6분 열처리한 경우, gentamicin에서 S. Enteritidis 109 D1을 3분 처리한 경우와 S. Heidelberg ATCC 8326 을 3, 9분 처리한 경우, tetracycline에서 S. Gaminara BAA 711을 6, 9분 처리한 경우 MIC값이 증가하였다. 후속 연 구를 통해 Salmonella spp. strains에 대해 열처리 후 열내 성 효과를 나타내는 병원성 유전자의 특성에 대한 지속적 인 연구가 필요하다.

비브리오패혈증균은 세계에서 치사율이 50%에 달하는 가장 치명적인 수인성식품매개 병원균으로 해수에서 흔히 있으며, 특히 따뜻한 계절에 발생한다. 본 연구는 제주도 의 해수, 유통 수산물, 수족관물에서 분리한 비브리오패혈 증균에 대해서 RT-PCR을 이용한 독소 유전자, Vitek을 이 용한 항생제 내성, PFGE를 이용한 유전적 특성을 조사하 였다. 총 487개의 시료를 조사한 결과 비브리오패혈증균 46주(중복 균주 포함)가 해수에서 44주, 유통수산물에서 1 주, 수족관물에서 1주 분리되었다. rtxA, viu와 같은 독소 유전자는 각각 8주(17.4%), 9주(19.6%) 검출되었고, vvhA 와 같은 독소 유전자는 모든 균주에서 검출되었다. 항생 제 내성 실험결과 cefoxitin 항상제에 대해서 100% 내성 이 나타났다. 비브리오패혈증균 46주에 대한 PFGE 분석결과 총 6유형이 100% 상동성을 보였고, 유사도는 81.3- 98.0%로 나타났다. 수산물과 수족관물에서 분리된 비브리 오패혈증균은 해수와의 상동성 결과 유사도는 불일치로 나타났고 지역과 시료 사이에는 유사성이 없었다. 독소 유 전자를 가진 비브리오패혈증균에 의한 식중독 환자가 제 주도에서 발생한 점을 고려해볼 때, 해수, 유통 수산물, 수 족관물에서 분리한 비브리오패혈증균에 대한 모니터링이 지속되어야 할 것으로 보인다.

본 연구에서는 보육시설 실내공기에서 분리된 식중독 균 주의 독소 유전자 분포와 항생제 내성을 분석하여 보육시설 실내공기에 의한 식중독 발생을 사전 예방하고 식중독 발생 시 적절한 치료를 위한 기초자료를 제공하고자 하였다. 어린이집 실내공기에서 분리된 Staphylococcus aureus 16주, Bacillus cereus 37주를 실험대상으로 하였다. S. aureus와 B. cereus 독소 유전자는 PCR 방법으로 검출하였다. 항생제 감수성 실험은 Clinical and Laboratory Standard Institute의 디스크 확산법에 따라 실험하였다. S. aureus 16 균주 중 11 균주(68.6%)에서 seg와 sei 독소 유전자가 검출되었다. B. cereus 37 균주 모두에서 nheA와 nheB 독소 유전자가 검출되었다. B. cereus 독소 유전자 패턴은 총 12개로 나타났으며 nheA-nheB-nheC 독소 유전 자가 가장 중요한 패턴으로 나타났다. S. aureus 16 균주의 항생제 감수성실험 결과 ampicillin과 penicillin 항생제 에 93.8%, 87.5% 내성을 나타내었으나 methicillin resistance Staphylococcus aureus와 vacomycin resistance Staphylococcus aureus는 검출되지 않았다. B. cereus 37 균주의 항생제 감수성 실험 결과 ampicillin과 penicillin 항생제에 100% 내성을 나타냈었다. 이러한 결과를 종합하여 볼 때 보육시 설 실내공기에 오염된 S. aureus와 B. cereus에 의한 식중독을 발생을 예방하기 위하여 주기적인 환기와 공기 질 관리가 필요한 것으로 판단되었다.

As part of the research program “2018 Rapid screening and identification of freshwater microorganisms using MALDI-TOF/MS library” freshwater samples were collected from a branch of the Nakdong River. Almost 300 antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains were isolated from freshwater samples and subsequently identified by 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Seventeen strains among the isolates shared high 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity (>99.0%) with known species that were not previously recorded in Korea, and each of the isolates also formed a robust phylogenetic clade with the closest species. These species were phylogenetically diverse, belonging to four phyla, seven classes, 10 orders, and 13 genera. At the genus and class level, the previously unrecorded species belonged to Rhodovarius, Xanthobacter, and Shinella of the class Alphaproteobacteria; Ottowia, Simplicispira, and Zoogloea of Betaproteobacteria; Pseudomonas, Acinetobacter, and Shewanella of Gammaproteobacteria; Arcobacter of Epsilonproteobacteria; Sphingobacterium of Sphingobacteriia; Trichococcus of Bacilli; and Leucobacter of Actinobacteria. The previously unrecorded species were further characterized by examining their gram-staining, colony and cell morphology, biochemical properties, and phylogenetic position.

In this study, a safety evaluation was conducted to confirm if the Enterococcus faecium CKDB003 strain obtained by selection from a mixed fermentation of fruit and milk is suitable for use as a probiotic. The MIC value for the 10 antibiotics specified in the EFSA guidance was below the acceptable cut-off value. The antibiotic resistance genes aac(6')-li, eatAv, and msr(C) exist by whole genome sequencing, but are in the chromosome and not in the plasmid, thus confirming that there is no possibility of transmission to other microorganisms. It was confirmed that cytolysin (cylA, cylB, cylI, cylL-l, cylL-s, cylM, cylR1, cylR2), aggregation substance (asa1, asp1), collagen adhesion (ace), enterococcal surface protein (esp), endocarditis antigen (efaA), hyaluronidase (hyl) and gelatinase (gelE) were not present in the genome by examining the genes of factors related to virulence. Also, the biochemical analysis showed no toxic enzyme activities, and no virulence genes were detected by the PCR method. Thus, the E. faecium CKDB003 strain can be safely used as a health functional food probiotic, based on the results of the safety assessment.

The 20-kHz ultrasonic irradiation was applied to investigate bacterial inactivation and antibiotic susceptibility changes over time. Applied intensities of ultrasound power were varied at 27.7 W and 39.1 W by changing the amplitude 20 to 40 to three bacteria species (Escherichia coli, Enterococcus faecalis, and Staphylococcus aureus). By 15-min irradiation, E. coli, a gram-negative bacterium, showed 1.2- to 1.6-log removals, while the gram-positive bacteria, Enterococcus faecalis and Staphylococcus aureus, showed below 0.5-log removal efficiencies. Antibiotic susceptibility of penicillin-family showed a dramatic increase at E. coli, but for other antibiotic families showed no significant changes in susceptibility. Gram-positive bacteria showed no significant differences in their antibiotic susceptibilities after ultrasound irradiation. Bacterial re-survival and antibiotic susceptibility changes were measured by incubating the ultrasound-irradiated samples. After 24-hour incubation, it was found that all of three bacteria were repropagated to the 2- to 3-log greater than the initial points, and antibiotic inhibition zones were reduced compared to ones of the initial points, meaning that antibiotic resistances were also recovered. Pearson correlations between bacterial inactivation and antibiotic susceptibility showed negative relation for gram-negative bacteria, E. coli., and no significant relations between bacterial re-survival and its inhibition zone. As a preliminary study, further researches are necessary to find practical and effective conditions to achieve bacteria inactivation.

The emergence of antimicrobial resistant Escherichia (E.) coli is a major problem in pig farms. To tackle this issue, in July 2011, the Korean government banned the use of antimicrobials for growth promotion of animals in farms. Moreover, E. coli encoding the Stx2e gene cause edema disease which results in high mortality and morbidity in pig farms. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of antimicrobial resistance among E. coli encoding the Stx2e gene isolated from weaned piglets with diarrhea before and after the ban on antibiotic growth promoters (AGPs) in Korea from 2007 to 2016. In this period, 479 E. coli isolates were obtained from weaned piglets with diarrhea, and of them, 144 E. coli isolates encoding the Stx2e gene were detected by polymerase chain reaction. The susceptibility of the E. coli isolates to antibiotics were tested using the standard Kirby-Bauer disk diffusion method. The most frequently observed resistances in isolates obtained from weaned piglets in the last 10 years were to tetracycline (92.4%) and chloramphenicol (88.9%). The prevalence of resistance to colistin (3.1% to 16.5%) and tetracycline (86.2% to 97.5%) was also observed to have increased over this period. Additionally, multi-drug resistance was also found to have increased (87.7% to 97.5%) after the ban on AGPs. These findings provide useful data for designing prevention and treatment strategies for postweaning diarrhea and edema disease, and can be used in future studies on antimicrobial resistance in Korea.

Salmonellosis is a significant public health concern and a major cause of bacterial foodborne poisoning in Korea. Approximately 95% of salmonellosis cases in humans are related to the intake of contaminated food products, which mostly originate from livestock such as poultry, pigs, and cattle. To successfully develop strategies to reduce the spread of Salmonella, it is important to investigate the prevalence of Salmonella spp. isolated from food animals and meat. In Korea, the prevalence of Salmonella spp. in cattle was 1.2 2.0%, whereas in pigs it was 1.5 21%. Of all livestock and meat products analyzed, the Salmonella isolation rate was the highest in chickens (18.8 30.3%) and their meat. Antibiotic resistance is an important social issue. The frequent use of antibiotics in the livestock industry has led to increased antibiotic resistance in Salmonella isolates that are extracted from livestock, which raises serious public health concerns. To prevent the spread of antibiotic resistance, it is essential to collect data related to antibiotic-resistant Salmonella strains isolated from food animals and meat. Antibiotic resistance tests revealed that Salmonella isolated from cattle, pigs, and poultry were highly resistant to tetracycline and streptomycin. Recent studies show that the overuse of antibiotics in food animals can also affect antibiotic resistance in humans. Therefore, it is important to establish an appropriate management strategy to successfully prevent misuse of antibiotics within the Korean livestock industry.

본 연구에서는 식품에서의 L. monocytogenes에 대한 기 초자료를 제공하고자 2010년부터 2011년까지 서울지역에서 수거된 식품 총 1042건에서 L. monocytogenes를 분리 하여 항생제 감수성 검사를 하였다. 김밥 4건(0.8%), 육회 4건(2.6%), 연어제품 2건(11.1%), 돈육식품과 조리된 생선에서 각 1건씩(각5.9%, 6.3%) 총 12균주가 분리 동정되었다. 분리 균주를 20종의 항생제에 검사한 결과 대다수 항생제(16종)에 감수성을 나타내었지만 cefotetan (11균주), cefotaxime (7균주), cefepime (6균주)에서 내성을 나타냈으며 3균주에서 임상치료에 자주 사용되는 tetracycline에 대해서 내성을 나타내었다.

Listeria monocytogenes continues to be a important food safety concern. The aims of the present study were to investigate the prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility of L. monocytogenes. A total of 1,042 samples was collected from 2010 to 2011 in Seoul and twelve L. monocytogenes were isolated. Isolation rate was Gimbap (0.8%), Beef (yukhoe) (2.6%), Pork (cooked) (5.9%), Fish(cooked) (6.3%), and Salmon (11.1%), respectively. In this study, most of the isolates were susceptible to antibiotics. The most common resistance was cefotetan on 11 isolates, followed by cefotaxime on 7 isolates, cepefime on 6 isolates and tetracyclin on 3 isolates.

Mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) based cell therapy has emerged as a promising therapeutic approach for treatment of several degenerative, infectious and non-infectious diseases. Numerous studies have demonstrated the remarkable immunosuppressive and antibacterial effects of MSCs both in vitro and in vivo, in animal models and in humans. However, the antibacterial effects of MSCs rely heavily on their paracrine factors rather than direct cell-to-cell contact and the effect is specific to disease and site of infection or injury. Furthermore, recent studies have demonstrated the double-edged sword effect of MSCs in bacterial infectious diseases. Despite their inherent potential for repair of damaged tissues, immunosuppression, and alleviation of various autoimmune as well as infectious diseases, MSCs also play a critical role in promoting persistent bacterial infection and disease progression. Therapeutic administration of MSCs successfully inhibited the bacterial growth and enhances survival by improved clearance of pathogenic bacteria in sepsis and pneumonic conditions. However, due to their abnormal transformation, they assist in long lasting survival and persistent infection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) and may also be responsible for progression of gastric cancer. This review focuses on recent advances that have broadened our understanding of MSC based therapy for bacterial diseases and provides new insight into the possible therapeutic targets of fatal bacterial diseases.

Antibiotic resistance in animal isolates of enterococci is a public health concern, because of the risk of transmission of antibiotic-resistant strains or resistance genes to humans through the food chain. This study investigated phenotypic and genotypic resistances profile of tetracycline in 245 Enterococcus isolates from bovine milk. A total of 245 enterococci were isolated from 950 milk samples. The predominant strain was E. faecalis (n = 199, 81.2%) and E. faecium (n = 25, 10.2%). E. avium (n = 7, 2.9%), E. durans (n = 6, 2.5%), E. gallinarum (n = 4, 1.6%), and E. raffinosus (n = 4, 1.6%) were also isolated. Of the 245 enterococcal isolates 76.3% (n = 187) displayed tetracycline resistance (≥ 16 μg/ml). Of the 187 tetracycline-resistant isolates, 83.4% (n = 156), 16.1% (n = 30), and 26.7% (n = 50) possessed the genes tet(M), tet(L), tet(S) respectively. While 3.2% (n = 6) of the tetracycline- resistant isolates possessed all three genes tet(M) + tet(L) + tet(S), 8.6% (n = 16), 16.0% (n = 30), and 2.7% (n = 5) of them possessed two genes tet(M) + tet(L), tet(M) + tet(S), and tet(L) + tet(S) respectively. The tetracycline resistance pattern investigated in this study was attributable mainly to the presence of tet(M).

This study was carried out to investigate antibiotic resistances of 181 isolates in Staphylococcus aureus isolated from 450 specimens which were a General Hospital personnel in Cheonan province. Of the 181 isolates, 89 isolates (49.2%) were methicillin resistant and 92 isolates were susceptible. They were resistant to penicillin (80.1%), clindamycin (18.8%), oxacillin (49.2%), cefepime (28.2%), cefotetan (34.3%), ampicillin (66.3%), gentamicin (27.6%), tetracycline (17.7%) and erythromycine (43.1%), also. In resistant rates of the 89 MRSA, 5 antibiotics were more than 50%, but in those of the 92 MSSA, only 1 antibiotics was. Also they showed very highly multi-drug resistance patterns to 15 antibiotics as follow : One hundred and forty five isolates(82.3%) showed antibiotic resistance to more than one kind of the 15 kinds antibiotics. In the multiple resistant patterns, one drug resistant isolates were 18 isolates (9.9%), 2 drugs 29 (16.0%), 3 drugs 21 (11.6%), 4 drugs 29 (16.0%), and more than 5 drugs were 52 isolates (28.7%). The number of more than 5 drugs resistant strains in MSSA were only 1 strain, but those in MRSA were 51 isolates (57.3%). Forty five isolates (24.9%) produced enterotoxin serotype C and all MRSA.

From April to December in 2009, microbial investigation is accomplished for 100 frozen foods asked to microbial control team that corresponds with total aerobic viable bacteria, coliform group, Escherichia coli,Enterococcus spp. and antibiotic resistance patterns of Enterococcus spp. isolates are investigated. Average of total aerobic viable bacteria numbers is 4.3 × 10⁴CFU/g. Average of coliform group numbers is 4.3 × 10³ CFU/g. Average of Enterococcus spp. numbers is 1.8 × 10³ CFU/g. Escherichia coli from 100 frozen foods is not detected and detection rate is 0.0%. 22 Enterococcus spp. are isolated from 100 frozen foods. 12 of 22 Enterococcus spp. strains are identified as E. faecium. 7 of 22 Enterococcus spp. strains are identified as E. faecalis. 2 of 22 Enterococcus spp. strains are identified as E. gallinarum. 1 of 22 Enterococcus spp. strains is identified as E. hirae. Enterococcus spp. isolates show a high resistance to erythromycin, rifampin, tetracycline, ciprofloxacin, chlorampenicol, penicillin and a susceptibility to vancomycin, ampicillin, gentamicin, strepomycin, linezolid. 15 of 22 Enterococcus spp. strains are multi-resistant and the most frequent multi-resistant pattern is erythromycin-rifampin for 6 Enterococcus spp. strains.

Methic illin - resistant StaphyJococcus aureus(MRSA) is not only a common cause of nosocomial infections worldwide but also leading to seri ous illnesses with high rates of mortali ty , This study was performed to determine resistance patterns and molecul ar biological ca racteri slics on MRSA isolated from clinical specimen, The purpose is to provide valua ble in formation related to t he purs uit 0 (' in('ec tion trace and infe<:tion control The test of susceptibility to 17 kinds antibiotics showed that these bacterias were susceptible to glycope ptides s uch as vancomycin, teicoplanin by 100%, rifarnpin by 65, 8%, They we re a lso 100% resistance to peni cillin , cefotaxim, gentamycin and aminoglycoside drugs , and showed 68, 56% multidrug res is ta nce to a bove 13 a ntibi oti cs incl uding peni cillin, 1n the analysis of MRSA using PCR, mecA was detected in every MRSA at 35 s t ra i ns a nd l'emA in 94 1%, ln a test , to de tect toxic genes, six genes, such as sea, seb(8, 6% res pectively)‘ sec(51, 4%) ‘ seg, se i(65 , 7% res pectively) and seh(2 , 9%) were found Finally , in resisrance chract eristics, toxic genes we re isola ted c1 ifferently acco rcling to specimen but there was no c1ifference res istance pattern ancl toxic genes The c1ata from t his s t ucly contribule to a more prec ise knowledge about the resistance pa ttern of MRSA in a clinical sett ing in k orea ancl regarcl exa mi na ti on of resis ta nce pattern accorcling to molecular biological methocl are expectecl to provide bas ic informa ti on on MRSA di ssemination and infection contro

Antibiotic resistance of thirty strains of Shigella sonnei isolated from patient of Shigellosis outbreke at Young Cheon area in 1998 was tested. Twenty-seven strains were resistant to Tr(Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazol) and Shigella sonnei SG-8 was resistant to Tr(Trnnethoprim-Sulfamethoxazol), Ap(Ampicillin), Cp(Cephalothin) and Pi (Piperacillin). Shigella sonnei SG-49, SG-66, and SG-73 were senstive to all tested antibiotics. Physiological characteristics of isolated Shigella sonnei SG-8, SG-49, SG-57, and SG-73 such as effect of pH, NaCl concentration and temperature on the growth, survival in adverse condition and heat resistance were investigated Growth of the strains were inhibited at pH 4 and pH 9. All strains were grown in Tryptic soy broth containing 6% of NaCl but inhibited in TSB containing 9% of NaCl except Shigella sonnei SG-73 after incubation for 18hrs at 37℃. Selected strains grew during storage at 10 but did not grow at 4.1he strains were survived in 1 % pepton solution for 15 days at 37℃. Viable cell of selected strains were decrease 45 log cycle after heat treatment for 30 miss at 60℃ but did not detect by heat treatment for 5 wins at 70℃.

The detection of the genome-based antibiotic resistance gene is an essential analysis process for the purpose of verifying the safety of probiotic strains, including lactic acid bacteria. In this study, 4 analysis platforms (AMRFinderPlus, staramr, rgi, ABRicate) were used for cross-comparison of 782 genomes corresponding to 19 kinds of probiotic species notified as functional foods. As a result of the analysis, the relatively fewest number of antibiotic resistance genes were detected in strains belonging to the order Lactobacillales, and antibiotic resistance genes were detected in 322 genomes used in the case of 2 types of Enterococcus genus. In addition, the presence and type of antibiotic resistance gene detection showed a lot of difference even for the same genome sequence depending on the database and analysis algorithm used by the analysis platform. These results can be confused in evaluating the potential for transmission of antibiotic resistance genes inherent in specific lactic acid bacteria and predicting potential risks that may occur in the future. Accordingly, it is judged that the antibiotic resistance gene-related analysis criteria need to be established more clearly and specifically in the safety evaluation of probiotic bacteria.