Integrating multi-wet laboratory diagnostics to study staphylococci in animals in Uganda.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Several diagnostic environments in Uganda lack real-time, robust and high-throughput technologies for comprehensive typing of microbes, which is a setback to infectious disease surveillance. This study combined various wet laboratory diagnostics to understand the epidemiology of pathogenic staphylococci isolated from animals in Uganda and the implications for global health security priorities.

Methods

A retrospective study was conducted employing records and pathogenic staphylococci (from animals) archived at the Central Diagnostic Laboratory (CDL), Makerere University, Uganda, between January 2012 and December 2019. The bacteria were speciated by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) and tested for virulence f

SUBMITTER: Kakooza S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11316383 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature