J Vet Sci.  2022 Nov;23(6):e12. 10.4142/jvs.21062.

Antimicrobial resistance studies in staphylococci and streptococci isolated from cows with mastitis in Argentina

Affiliations
  • 1Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Cátedra de Microbiología, Av. Chorroarín 280, Buenos Aires C1427CWO, Argentina
  • 2Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Cátedra de Fisiología Animal, Av. Chorroarín 280, Buenos Aires C1427CWO, Argentina
  • 3Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Cátedra de Microbiología, Junín 954, Buenos Aires C1113AAD, Argentina

Abstract

Background
Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus agalactiae are the main cause of clinical mastitis in dairy cattle in Argentina, whereas coagulase-negative staphylococci (CNS) and environmental streptococci are the main cause of subclinical mastitis. Bacteria isolated from infected animals show increasing antimicrobial resistance.
Objectives
This study aims to determine the antimicrobial resistance of staphylococci and streptococci isolated from milk with mastitis, and to genotypically characterize the methicillin-resistant (MR) staphylococci.
Methods
Isolation was performed on blood agar and identification was based on biochemical reactions. Antimicrobial susceptibility was according to the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute guidelines. The antimicrobial resistance genes, SCCmec type and spa type were detected by the polymerase chain reaction method.
Results
We isolated a total of 185 staphylococci and 28 streptococci from 148 milk samples. Among the staphylococcal isolates, 154 were identified as CNS and 31 as S. aureus. Among the 154 CNS, 24.6% (n = 38) were resistant to penicillin, 14.9% (n = 23) to erythromycin, 17.5% (n = 27) to clindamycin, 6.5% (n = 10) to cefoxitin and oxacillin. Among the S. aureus isolates, 16.1% (n = 5) were resistant to penicillin, 3.2% (n = 1) to cefoxitin and oxacillin (MRSA). Six MR isolates (5 CNS and 1 MRSA) were positive to the mecA gene, and presented the SCCmec IVa. The MRSA strain presented the sequence type 83 and the spa type 002. Among the 28 streptococcal isolates, 14.3% (n = 4) were resistant to penicillin, 10.7% (n = 3) to erythromycin and 14.3% (n = 4) to clindamycin.
Conclusions
The present findings of this study indicate a development of antimicrobial resistance in main bacteria isolated from cows with mastitis in Argentina.

Keyword

Bovine mastitis; antimicrobial resistance; staphylococci; streptococci; wmolecular typing
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