Molecular prophage typing of Staphylococcus aureus isolates from bovine mastitis
10.4142/jvs.2018.19.6.771
- Author:
Dae Sung KO
1
;
Won Jin SEONG
;
Danil KIM
;
Eun Kyung KIM
;
Nam Hyung KIM
;
Chung Young LEE
;
Jae Hong KIM
;
Hyuk Joon KWON
Author Information
1. Department of Farm Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine and BK21 for Veterinary Science, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea. kwonhj01@snu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Staphylococcus aureus;
bovine mastitis;
molecular epidemiology;
molecular prophage typing;
rpoB sequence typing
- MeSH:
Agriculture;
Animals;
Cattle;
Computer Simulation;
Dairy Products;
Databases, Nucleic Acid;
Drug Resistance, Microbial;
Female;
Foodborne Diseases;
Humans;
Mastitis, Bovine;
Methods;
Molecular Epidemiology;
Prophages;
Staphylococcus aureus;
Staphylococcus
- From:Journal of Veterinary Science
2018;19(6):771-781
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Staphylococcus aureus is one of the major pathogens causing bovine mastitis and foodborne diseases associated with dairy products. To determine the genetic relationships between human and bovine or bovine isolates of S. aureus, various molecular methods have been used. Previously we developed an rpoB sequence typing (RSTing) method for molecular differentiation of S. aureus isolates and identification of RpoB-related antibiotic resistance. In this study, we performed spa typing and RSTing with 84 isolates from mastitic cows (22 farms, 72 cows, and 84 udders) and developed a molecular prophage typing (mPPTing) method for molecular epidemiological analysis of bovine mastitis. To compare the results, human isolates from patients (n = 14) and GenBank (n = 166) were used for real and in silico RSTing and mPPTing, respectively. Based on the results, RST10-2 and RST4-1 were the most common rpoB sequence types (RSTs) in cows and humans, respectively, and most isolates from cows and humans clearly differed. Antibiotic resistance-related RSTs were not detected in the cow isolates. A single dominant prophage type and gradual evolution through prophage acquisition were apparent in most of the tested farms. Thus, RSTing and mPPTing are informative, simple, and economic methods for molecular epidemiological analysis of S. aureus infections.
