Molecular characterisation and antimicrobial resistance of Streptococcus agalactiae isolates from dairy farms in China

Abstract

Streptococcus agalactiae (S. agalactiae) is a pathogen causing bovine mastitis that results in considerable economic losses in the livestock sector. To understand the distribution and drug resistance characteristics of S. agalactiae from dairy cow mastitis cases in China, multilocus sequence typing (MLST) was carried out and the serotypes and drug resistance characteristics of the bacteria in the region were analysed.

Keywords

• streptococcus agalactiae
• serotype
• molecular characterisation
• antimicrobial resistance
• drug resistance gene