Article
First report of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus harboring mecC gene in milk samples from cows with mastitis in southeastern Brazil.
Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] - 1 Dec 2020
Alves Maria de Fatima N F, Penna Bruno, Pereira Renata F A, Geraldo Reinaldo B, Folly Evelize, Castro Helena Carla, Aguiar-Alves Fabio
Abstract excerpt
MRSA infection and colonization have been reported in both companion and food-chain animals, highlighting MRSA as an important veterinary and zoonotic pathogen. Another mec allele, the mecC gene, also confers beta-lactam resistance in Staphylococcus aureus and shows 69% nucleotide identity to mecA. The main aim of this study was to investigate the genotypic and clonal profile of methicillin-resistant S. aureus...
Topics
- Animals
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Bacterial Proteins
- Bacterial Toxins
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- Brazil
- Cattle
- Exotoxins
- Female
- Genotype
