Prevalence and Molecular Mechanism of Macrolide and Lincosamide Resistance in Staphylococci Isolated from Subclinical Bovine Mastitis in Turkey

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Aslantas O., ÖZTÜRK F., CEYLAN A.

JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICAL SCIENCE, cilt.73, sa.12, ss.1645-1648, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 73 Sayı: 12
  • Basım Tarihi: 2011
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1292/jvms.11-0003
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICAL SCIENCE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1645-1648
  • Erciyes Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Macrolide and lincosamide (ML) resistance and the related resistance genes of staphylococci were assessed from cases of bovine subclinical mastitis. Of the 104 Staphylococcus aureus and 62 coagulase negative staphylococcus (CoNS) isolates, 26 (25%) and 12 (19.4%) were resistant to ML, respectively. While constitutive ML resistance phenotype accounted for 15.4% (16/104) of S. aureus and 8.1% (5/62) of CoNS, inducible ML resistance phenotype accounted for 2.9% (3/104) of S. aureus and 3.2% (2/62) of CoNS. Among erythromycin-resistant isolates, single or various combination of different resistance genes were detected. The results of this study showed that ML resistance was prevalent among staphylococci from subclinical bovine mastitis cases in Hatay, Turkey. Therefore, a continuous surveillance is necessary to minimise the spread of antimicrobial-resistant staphylococci.