Abstract
Background/Objective: Meat products are one of the most valuable foods for human consumption. However, meat products may also act as a source of food borne pathogens including Aeromonas species which caused a serious threat to a public health concern. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence and virulence characteristics of Aeromonas species isolated from meat products in Egypt.
Highlights
Meat products such as minced meat, beef burger, kofta and sausage are highly requested and considered more appealing to consumers than fresh meat due to their high nutritional value, fair price, good taste, easy to cook and easy to serve
Meat products such as minced meat, beef burger, kofta and sausage are highly demanded than fresh meat due to their high nutritive value, reasonable price, good taste, quick prepared and serving but they can be contaminated by several types of food borne microorganisms from different sources during handling, preparation and Processing
Results given in table 1 revealed that incidence of Aeromonas species in the examined minced meat was (26.6%) relatively higher incidence reported by Yucel N, et al [14] who isolated Aeromonase with percentage of 40 (67.7%) and Neyts K, et al [15] isolated Aeromonase with percentage of (70%) while in the examined beef burger was (15.5%)
Summary
Meat products such as minced meat, beef burger, kofta and sausage are highly requested and considered more appealing to consumers than fresh meat due to their high nutritional value, fair price, good taste, easy to cook and easy to serve. Aeromonas bacteria are considered major important pathogen and opportunistic pathogens in both immune competent and immune depressed persons [2]. In human Aeromonas spp. are the causes of both intestinal and extra-intestinal infections [3]. Five Aeromonas spp. represented as Aeromonas hydrophila, Aeromonas caviae, Aeromonas veronii, Aeromonas jandaei, and Aeromonas schubertii are commonly associated with human intestinal infections [2]. The pathogenesis of Aeromonas infections is multifactorial and not completely understood [2]. A wide range of virulence factors that are critical in the development of infection have been isolated in various Aeromonas organisms, such as enterotoxins, hemolysins, cytotoxins and aerolysinins [4]
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