ACTA VETERINARIA ET ZOOTECHNICA SINICA ›› 2018, Vol. 49 ›› Issue (1): 181-194.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2018.01.021

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Study on Resistance Characteristics, Virulence Genes and Molecular Classification of Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Cows in Xinjiang

MENG Dan1, MENG Qing-ling1, QIAO Jun1*, CAI Kuo-jun2, WANG Deng-feng3, MA Shuai1, WU Ye-hui1, CAI Xue-peng4   

  1. 1. College of Animal Science and Technology, Shihezi University, Shihezi 832003, China;
    2. Animal Disease Control and Diagnosis Center in Urumqi, Urumqi 830063, China;
    3. Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Xinjiang Academy of Animal Science, Urumqi 830000, China;
    4. Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou 730046, China
  • Received:2017-07-21 Online:2018-01-23 Published:2018-01-23

Abstract:

In order to know the antimicrobial resistance, virulence genes and the epidemiological characteristics of Staphylococcus aureus (SA) isolated from cows with mastitis and endometritis. The drug resistance profile for 155 clinical S. aureus isolates were determined using disk diffusion method, and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains were also identified. Antimicrobial genes, virulence genes, SCCmec genotyping and MLST genotyping were detected and analyzed by using PCR method. The results showed that a total of 22 MRSA strains have been detected among 155 SA isolates, with the detection rate of 14.2%. The antimicrobial resistant rates of most MRSA were significantly higher than that of the MSSA strains; and the detection rates of different virulence genes were different between MRSA and MSSA. The SCCmecⅠwas identified as a predominant genotype of SCCmec in Xinjiang region. Fourteen ST genotypes were detected, namely ST188, ST584, ST9, ST805, ST2373, ST968, ST2139, ST1, ST2700, ST903, ST2454, ST2990, ST63 and STX, respectively. ST1 and ST9 had higher detection rates than others. ST9 was higher among MSSA strains and ST1 was higher among MRSA strains. This study showed that SA strains were of multiple resistance with diverse distribution of virulence genes. While ST9 was the predominant genotype among MSSA strains and ST1-SCCmecⅠwas the predominant genotypes among MRSA strains in Xinjiang region.

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