ACTA VETERINARIA ET ZOOTECHNICA SINICA ›› 2014, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (2): 295-304.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2014.02.019

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Characterization of Virulent Genes and Antibiotic Resistance of Staphylococcus Isolates from Bovine with Clinical Endomitritis in Inner Mongolia

ZHAO Jun-li1,2,LI Pei-feng1,2*,LI Zhi-fang1,2,GUAN Hong1,2,DING Yue-xia1,2   

  1. (1.College of Veterinary Medicine,Inner Mongolia Agricultural University,Hohhot 010018,China; 2.Key Laboratory of Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment Techniques for Animal Disease of Ministry of Agriculture,Hohhot 010018,China)
  • Received:2013-08-30 Online:2014-02-23 Published:2014-02-23

Abstract:

The aim of the study was to investigate the distribution of superantigen genes and the profile of antimicrobial resistance in staphylococcal strains isolated from dairy cows with clinical endomitritis in Inner Mongolia.A total of 260 purulent secretions collected from bovine with clinical endomitritis were used for the isolation of Staphylococci and subsequently,the suspected strains were molecularly identified to species level.The distribution of staphylococcal superantigen toxin genes (SEs and TSST-1) was investigated by PCR.The MICs of 16 antimicrobial agents and 3 pairs of antimicrobial agents combinations to the isolates were determined by broth micro-dilution method.PCR was conducted to detect the presence of genes conferring resistance to erythromycin and tetracycline.A total of 127 Staphylococcus isolates belonging to 10 varied species,including 53 SA (41.7%) and 74 CNS (58.3%),were isolated from 260 clinical samples.Eighty isolates (63.0%) were found to harbor at least one staphylococcal superantigen toxin gene and the prevailing of 17 different combinations of superantigen toxins genes was observed.Sej (38.6%) was the most frequently found and the “sec+sej+sen”(33.3%) was the most commonly encountered combination.The highest resistance was observed in penicillin (79.5%) and ampicillin (71.7%).The resistance rate of the isolates to cephalosporins,macrolide and tetracycline,fluoroquinolones and 3 antibiotic combinations were approximately 60%,40% 20%,and 10% respectively.None of isolates were resistant to vancomycin.The resistance to erythromycin of the isolates was mainly contributed by the ermC (46.4%) and ermB (37.5%) gene and ermA gene was not found in any isolates.TetK (70.0%) and tetM (10.0%) gene conferred the resistance of the isolates to tetracycline.Twenty-two CNS isolates were phenotypic and molecularly identified as MRS.The resistance rate of MRS isolates to penicillin (P<0.01),ampicillin (P<0.01),clarithromycin (P<0.01),erythromycin (P<0.01) and cefotaxime (P<0.05) were significantly higher than MSS.The results indicated that the prevalence of the superantigen genes in staphylococci isolated from bovine with clinical endometritis in Inner Mongolia was complicated and the antimicrobial resistance of the isolates was serious,meanwhile,the prevalence of MRCNS was observed in bovine originated staphylococcal isolates,suggesting that the resistance of the isolates to antimicrobial agents was one of the crucial reasons causing the failure of treatment for bovine clinical endomitritis in Inner Mongolia.

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