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VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 215, Issue -, Pages 77-82Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2018.01.006
Keywords
Antimicrobial susceptibility testing; mecA; mecC; Multi-drug resistance
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- Austrian Buiatric association
- Institute of Microbiology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria
- German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) through the German Aerospace Center (DLR), MedVet-Staph II [01KI1301D]
- BMBF through DLR [1-Health-PREVENT (01K11727D)]
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The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence, the antimicrobial resistance patterns and the genetic diversity of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from Austrian ruminants and New World camelids that were treated at the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna. Between April 2014 and January 2017, 723 nasal swabs originating from ruminants and New World camelids were examined. MRSA isolates were characterized by mecA/mecA1/mecC PCRs and by DNA microarray analysis. They were genotyped by spa typing, dru typing, MLST and MLVA. Glycopolymer fingerprinting by FTIR spectroscopy was also performed. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was conducted by agar disk diffusion. Twelve MRSA isolates were mecA-positive, whereas three were mecC-positive. The MRSA isolates carried five different SCCmec elements, and belonged to three sequence types (ST45, ST130, ST398). The MRSA isolates displayed seven different resistance phenotypes. The present study describes for the first time mecC-carrying MRSA isolates originating from domesticated animals in Austria. More systematic studies are needed to unravel the role of ruminants and New World camelids as reservoirs for MRSA as a potential risk for zooanthropogenic transmission.
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