Antibiotic Susceptibility profile of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from sausages in Meknes, Morocco

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: isolated from sausages in Meknes city of Morocco. MATERIALS AND METHODS: . All the isolated strains were tested for their antimicrobials resistance to 16 antibiotics. RESULTS: were resistant to streptomycin, 76.20% to tetracycline, 42.86% to ampicillin, 41.27% to doxycycline, 38.1% to penicillin G, and 19.05% to chloramphenicol with the presence of 25 different phenotypic profiles. However, all isolated strains were sensitive to oxacillin, cefoxitin, gentamicin, and vancomycin. CONCLUSION: . Moreover, this contamination is related to the season, sampling sites and the origin of the raw material.