Helga Keinprecht, Emmanuel Irimaso, Adriana Cabal Rosel, Beatrix Stessl, Christophe Ntakirutimana, Lydia Marek, Otto W Fischer, Michael P Szostak, Jennifer Zöchbauer, Thomas Wittek, Elke Müller, Amelie Desvars-Larrive, Andrea T Feßler, Sascha D Braun, Stefan Schwarz, Joachim Spergser, Monika Ehling-Schulz, Stefan Monecke, Ralf Ehricht, Werner Ruppitsch, Tom Grunert, Igor Loncaric
OBJECTIVES: The objective of the present study was to examine the diversity of S. aureus from mastitis milk samples of cows in Rwanda. METHODS: A total of 1080 quarter milk samples from 279 dairy cows were collected in 80 different farms from all five provinces of Rwanda. In total, 135 S. aureus isolates were obtained and subjected to genotyping (spa typing, DNA microarray, whole-genome sequencing (WGS)), antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) and phenotypic profiling by Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy (including capsular serotyping)...
January 31, 2024: Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance