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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Epidemiology of staphylococcus aureus in pigs and farmers in the largest farm in Dakar, Senegal
Foodborne Pathogens and Disease, Volume 9, No. 10, Year 2012
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Between December 2009 and November 2011, we collected 57 (12.3%) Staphylococcus aureus isolates from 464 pigs and 16 (30.8%) isolates from 52 farmers in the largest farm in Dakar. Fifty-one isolates (70%) belonged to four major multilocus sequence typing clonal complexes (CCs): CC152 (26.0%), CC15 (19.2%), CC5 (13.7%), and CC97 (10.9%). The CC variability among the pigs was similar to that observed among the farmers. Six isolates that were recovered only among pigs were resistant to methicillin (10.5%). They were assigned to the ST5-staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec type (SCCmec) IV (n=5) and ST88-SCCmec IV (n=1) clones. The luk-PV genes encoding Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL), present in 43 (58.9%) isolates overall, including all major CCs and the MRSA ST5-SCCmec IV clone, were highly prevalent compared to data from industrialized countries. This finding is of major concern with regard to the potential virulence of these strains. © Copyright 2012, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. 2012.
Authors & Co-Authors
Fall, Cheikh Alassane
Senegal, Dakar
Institut Pasteur de Dakar
Seck, Abdoulaye
Senegal, Dakar
Institut Pasteur de Dakar
Richard, Vincent
Senegal, Dakar
Institut Pasteur de Dakar
Ndour, Moustapha
Senegal, Dakar
Ministry of Breeding
Sembène, Mbacké
Senegal, Dakar
Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar
Laurent, Frédéric J.
France, Lyon
Université de Lyon
Breurec, Sébastien
Senegal, Dakar
Institut Pasteur de Dakar
Statistics
Citations: 54
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1089/fpd.2012.1197
ISSN:
15353141
e-ISSN:
15567125
Study Locations
Senegal