Genotyping and antimicrobial resistance of Streptococcus uberis isolated from bovine clinical mastitis

PLoS One. 2019 Oct 22;14(10):e0223719. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0223719. eCollection 2019.

Abstract

A genotypic characterization of Streptococcus uberis isolated from clinical mastitis (CM) in dairy cows, and the association of Strep. uberis genotypes and antimicrobial susceptibility (AMS) was performed. A total of 89 isolates identified as Strep. uberis from 86 dairy cows with CM in 17 dairy herds of Southeastern Brazil were genotyped using random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis. After genotyping, two clusters (I and II) were created according to RAPD types. A commercial broth microdilution test was used to determine the susceptibility of Strep. uberis isolates to 8 antimicrobials (ampicillin, ceftiofur, cephalothin, erythromycin, penicillin, penicillin+novobiocin, pirlimycin and tetracycline). For each antimicrobial, we determined the minimal inhibitory concentrations that inhibit 50% (MIC50) and 90% (MIC90) of Strep. uberis strains. Differences in AMS among genotypic clusters were evaluated using mixed regression models. Overall, a great polymorphism (56 RAPD-types) was found among Strep. uberis isolates, although a higher genetic similarity (based on the PCR bands features) was observed within herds after genotypic clustering. No differences in AMS were observed among clusters. Strep. uberis isolated from bovine CM were resistant to most antimicrobials, with the exception of cephalothin and penicillin+novobiocin.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Cattle
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial*
  • Female
  • Genes, Bacterial
  • Genotype
  • Mastitis, Bovine / microbiology*
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Phylogeny
  • Streptococcal Infections / veterinary*
  • Streptococcus / classification*
  • Streptococcus / drug effects
  • Streptococcus / genetics*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents

Supplementary concepts

  • Streptococcus uberis

Grants and funding

This work was financially supported by the São Paulo Research Foundation (grants: TT 2013/22286-3; MVS 2014/17411-6; MBH 2015/10332-6), and by the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (grant 448357/2014-3). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.