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. 2021 Nov 24;10(12):1440. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics10121440

Table 1.

A summary of studies that have compared the heat resistance of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and non-AMR bacteria.

Evaluation Temperatures (°C) Medium Species and Strains Enhanced Thermal Resistance Stated Antimicrobial Resistance Profiles (Antimicrobial or Class) Reference
50–60 Minced beef and potato Y. enterocolitica No Nalidixic acid [46]
47 Oysters Vibrio vulnificus No Nalidixic acid [47]
54, 82 Egg white powder S. Typhimurium DT104 No NS [49]
51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 61 Liquid whole egg, egg yolk, egg white, whole egg + 10% salt, egg yolk + 10% salt S. Typhimurium DT104 No NS, but strains of DT104 quoted as being resistant to ampicillin, chloramphenicol streptomycin, sulfonamides, tetracyclines [50]
55 Minced beef and potato L. monocytogenes No Streptomycin [51]
55, 57, 59, 61 Tryptic soy broth (TSB) Salmonella spp. serovars
Saint-Paul, Anatum, Mbandaka, Agona, Reading, Typhimurium (DT104)
No Ampicillin, chloramphenicol, streptomycin, sulfonamides, and tetracycline, amoxicillin-clavulanic acid, ampicillin-sulbactam, gentamicin, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole
Depending on serotype or strain
[45]
55 Chicken pieces S. Typhimurium DT104 Yes Ampicillin, streptomycin, sulfonamides, chloramphenicol, tetracyclines [52]
55 Chicken pieces S. Enteritidis, S. Typhimurium No Nalidixic acid, streptomycin [52]
55 Minced beef E. coli O157:H7, O26 No Ampicillin, kanamycin, streptomycin, trimethoprim, nalidixic acid, rifampicin, sulfonamides, chloramphenicol, tetracycline, minocycline, doxycycline
Depending on serotype or strain
[48]
55, 60, 65, 70 Tryptic soy broth (TSB) Salmonella spp. serovars
Montevideo, Typhimurium, Anatum, Muenster, Newport, Mbandaka, Dublin Reading, Agona, Give
No Ampicillin, chloramphenicol, streptomycin, sulfonamides, tetracycline, amoxicillin–clavulanic acid, kanamycin, sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim, gentamicin
Depending on serotype or strain
[44]
56 Whole milk mecA- carrying Staphylococcus spp. strains (S. epidermidis, haemolyticus, lentus) No Tetracycline, kanamycin, spectinomycin, erythromycin, trimethoprim, sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim
Depending on serotype or strain
[53]
57 Tryptic soy broth (TSB-G) 60 Salmonella spp. serovars including: Typhimurium (18 strains), Enteritidis (10 strains), Newport (9 strains), Heidelberg (8 strains), Montevideo (4 strains), Senftenberg (4 strains), Agona (3 strains), Infantis (3 strains) and Derby (1 strain). No NS [54]
60, 61, 62.5 Tryptic soy broth (TSB) E. coli (STEC) serotypes O26 and O103 No Ampicillin, penicillin, ceftiofur, spectinomycin, oxytetracycline, clindamycin, sulfadimethoxime, tiamulin, tilmicosin, tetracycline
Depending on serotype or strain
[55]
55, 60, 65 (Radio Frequency heating) Phosphate buffer saline (PBS) E. coli (STEC) serotypes O157:H7, O26:H11, O11 No Nalidixic acid [56]
58 Ringer’s solution L. monocytogenes No Erythromycin, ciprofloxacin, nitrofurantoin [57]
63 Saline solution S. aureus No Ciprofloxacin, chloramphenicol, erythromycin, penicillin, sulfamethoxazole, clindamycin, tetracycline, oxacillin, cefoxitin, gentamicin, ciprofloxacin
Depending on serotype or strain
[58]
55, 60, 65 Minced chicken Extraintestinal pathogenic E. coli (ExPEC) No Aminoglycosides, macrolides, sulfonamides, trimethoprim, tetracycline, beta-lactams, cefotaxime, phenicol, aminoglycosides, streptomycin
Depending on serotype or strain
[59]
85, 95 BHI medium MRSA
S. aureus (ATCC 29,737, control)
Yes Cefoxitin, cefadroxil, cephalothin, colistin, polymyxin, aminoglycosides, streptomycin, amikacin, kanamycin:cyclic peptides, bacitracin, tetracycline: sulfonamide, sulfamethoxazole, nalidixic acid:fluoroquinolone, ciprofloxacin:oxazolidone, linezolid:macrobid [60]

NS, Not stated.