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Detection and characterization of methicillin-resistant and susceptible coagulase-negative staphylococci in milk from cows with clinical mastitis in Tunisia.
International journal of antimicrobial agents - 1 Dec 2018
Klibi Amira, Maaroufi Abderrazek, Torres Carmen, Jouini Ahlem
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: This study investigated prevalence of methicillin-resistant (MR) and methicillin-susceptible (MS) coagulase-negative staphylococci (CNS) and the implicated mechanisms of resistance and virulence in milk of mastitis cows. In addition, the presence of SCCmec type was analyzed in MR Staphylococcus epidermidis (MRSE). RESULTS: Three hundred milk samples from cows with clinical mastitis were obtained from...
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