Article
Molecular characterization and clonal diversity of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus in milk of cows with mastitis in Brazil.
Journal of dairy science - 1 Jan 2013
Silva N C C, Guimarães F F, Manzi M P, Budri P E, Gómez-Sanz E, Benito D, Langoni H, Rall V L M, Torres C
Abstract excerpt
Mastitis is an important disease for the dairy industry worldwide, causing economic losses and reducing milk quality and production. Staphylococcus aureus is a worldwide agent of this intramammary infection, which also causes foodborne diseases. The objective of this study was to determine the frequency of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) isolates in milk of mastitis cows in Brazil and to...
Topics
- Animals
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- Brazil
- Cattle
- Drug Resistance, Bacterial
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Mastitis, Bovine
- Microbial Sensitivity Tests
- Milk
- Multilocus Sequence Typing
- Staphylococcal Infections