Prevalence, the antibiogram and the frequency of virulence genes of the most predominant bacterial pathogens incriminated in calf pneumonia
Prevalence, the antibiogram and the frequency of virulence genes of the most predominant bacterial pathogens incriminated in calf pneumonia
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DOI:
10.1186/s13568-020-01037-z
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发表时间:
2020-05-29
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3.7
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Ghobashy, Madeha O., I
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Algammal, Abdelazeem M.;El-Sayed, Mahmoud E.;Ghobashy, Madeha O., I
The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence, antibiotic resistance and certain virulence genes of the most predominant bacterial pathogens causing BRD. A total of 225 calves; 55 apparently healthy and 170 diseased; were sampled. Bacteriological examination, antimicrobial susceptibility testing and PCR based detection of some virulence genes were performed. In addition, the serotyping ofE. coliwas performed using the slide agglutination test. The most predominant bacterial pathogens retrieved from apparently healthy calves were E. coli (16.4%) and S. aureus(10.9%), and in pneumonic calves wereE. coli (23.5%),P. vulgaris(12.4%) andS. aureus(11.8%). The most prevalent virulence gene inE. coliwas thefimH gene (100%), followed byeaeA gene (24.5%) andhlygene (20.4%). All the examinedS. aureusstrains harboredspa and coa genes; likewise, allP. multocidastrains harboredtoxA gene. The majority of the isolated strains displayed remarkable sensitivity to norfloxacin and enrofloxacin; furthermore, the retrievedE. colistrains exhibited multidrug-resistance to gentamicin, erythromycin, streptomycin and trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole, in addition, the isolatedS. aureusandP. aeruginosastrains showed multidrug-resistance to amoxicillin, ampicillin and tetracycline.E. coliserogroups including O18, O143, O1, and O6 were retrieved from pneumonic calves as the first report in Egypt. In conclusion, the synergism between the conventional and genotypic analysis is an effective gadget for the characterization of bacterial pathogens causing BRD. Continuous surveillance of antimicrobial susceptibility is essential to select the drug of choice due to the development of multidrug-resistant strains.