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First isolation of a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from bovine mastitis in Argentina.

ABSTRACT: This research communication describes the first isolation of a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from cow's mastitic milk in Argentina. Bovine mastitis causes important economic losses in the dairy industry and the most commonly isolated bacteria from bovine mastitis are staphylococci. The mecA gene present in MRSA bacteria confers resistance to almost all ?-lactam antibiotics, the most frequent drugs used in bovine mastitis therapy.

SUBMITTER: Srednik ME

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7386726 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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First isolation of a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from bovine mastitis in Argentina.

Srednik Mariela E ME Crespi Elisa E Testorelli María Florencia MF Puigdevall Tomás T Pereyra Ana María D AMD Rumi María Valeria MV Caggiano Nicolás N Gulone Lucía L Mollerach Marta M Gentilini Elida R ER

Veterinary and animal science 20181106

This research communication describes the first isolation of a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from cow's mastitic milk in Argentina. Bovine mastitis causes important economic losses in the dairy industry and the most commonly isolated bacteria from bovine mastitis are staphylococci. The mecA gene present in MRSA bacteria confers resistance to almost all β-lactam antibiotics, the most frequent drugs used in bovine mastitis therapy. ...[more]

PMID: 32734065

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First isolation of a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from bovine mastitis in Argentina.

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First isolation of a methicillin-resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> from bovine mastitis in Argentina.

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