2017
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-017-2524-4
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Prevalence and molecular characteristics of Staphylococcus aureus, including methicillin resistant strains, isolated from bulk can milk and raw milk products in pastoral communities of South-West Uganda

Abstract: Background Staphylococcus aureus strains are now regarded as zoonotic agents. In pastoral settings where human-animal interaction is intimate, multi-drug resistant microorganisms have become an emerging zoonotic issue of public health concern. The study of S. aureus prevalence, antimicrobial resistance and clonal lineages in humans, animals and food in African settings has great relevance, taking into consideration the high diversity of ethnicities, cultures and food habits that determine the lifestyle of the … Show more

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“…Furthermore, over 90% of the isolates carried genes encoding enterotoxin, which causes food‐borne diseases. The weak veterinary delivery system and the high dependency on animals and animal products for food in Uganda were implicated in the high prevalence of MRSA …”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Furthermore, over 90% of the isolates carried genes encoding enterotoxin, which causes food‐borne diseases. The weak veterinary delivery system and the high dependency on animals and animal products for food in Uganda were implicated in the high prevalence of MRSA …”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Staphylococcus aureus is one the most important pathogens causing mastitis [1] and is a public health concern due to the presence of at least one gene encoding for enterotoxin production in most isolates [2]. Also, some of these staphylococcal enterotoxins (SEs) may play an important role in the pathogenesis of mastitis [3], such as toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 (TSST-1) and Panton-Valentine leucocidin (PVL) [4,5].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The most predominant spa type among S. aureus in the present study was t1236. This is a spa type within ST97 and associated with CC97 along with the other spa types t2112, t380, and t10103, commonly found among S. aureus from neighbouring Uganda [41]. The spa type t1236 has also been detected among S. aureus from bovine milk in Japan, reported as ST97 [38].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 68%
“…The PVL genes code for proteins which are responsible for cytotoxic activity, especially leukocytes are affected [51]. The lukS-PV and lukF-PV genes (PVL genes) were mainly detected in S. aureus of human origin [52], but have also been reported in isolates from bovine mastitis cases in Africa suggesting human to cow transmission of the respective isolates [41,50]. These human-associated genes were also detected in two S. aureus ST152 isolates obtained from two cows kept in two different farms in this study ( Table 2).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%