Molecular Characterization and Therapeutic
Insights into Biofilm Positive
Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Bovine Subclinical Mastitis
Arslan Ahmed1, Muhammad Ijaz1*,
Jawaria Ali Khan1 and Aftab Ahmad Anjum2
1Department
of Veterinary Medicine, University of Veterinary and Animal
Sciences, Lahore-Pakistan
2Institute
of Microbiology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences,
Lahore-Pakistan
*Corresponding author:
mijaz@uvas.edu.pk
Abstract
The current study aimed to investigate the
prevalence and molecular characterization of biofilm-positive
S. aureus isolates from bovine
subclinical mastitis. The study also highlights the role of commonly used NSAIDs
and ivermectin to modulate the S. aureus-associated
antibiotic resistance. The results found a 41.41%
S. aureus prevalence, out of which
25.79% isolates were biofilm-positive based on Congo red agar, microtitre plate
test, and presence of icaA gene.
Phylogenetic analysis of study isolates showed a high similarity with Egyptian
and Indian icaA-positive
S. aureus isolates. The comparative
antibiotic resistance profiling showed a significantly (p<0.05) higher resistance to gentamicin, oxytetracycline, and
cotrimoxazole by biofilm-positive isolates compared to non-biofilm forming
isolates. The prevalence of methicillin and vancomycin resistant
S. aureus was 62.5 and 20.83%,
respectively. Antimicrobial effects of non-antibiotics against study isolates
accessed through well diffusion method showed higher zones of inhibition for
meloxicam followed by flunixin, ketoprofen, and ivermectin. The combinations of
resistant antibiotics with non-antibiotics were investigated using well
diffusion method and checkerboard assay. The combinations of amoxicillin/meloxicam,
cotrimoxazole/flunixin, cotrimoxazole/ ketoprofen, and gentamicin/flunixin on
well diffusion method and cotrimoxazole/ flunixin, amoxicillin/ketoprofen and
gentamicin/flunixin on checkerboard assay revealed synergistic interactions. The
study concluded that biofilm positive S.
aureus is an emerging and prevailing cause of bovine mastitis in dairy farms
of Pakistan. The increasing antibiotic resistance in
S. aureus can be modulated by
combining the resistant antibiotics with NSAIDs, especially flunixin and
ketoprofen.
To Cite This Article:
Ahmed A, Ijaz M, Khan JA, Anjum AA, 2022.
Molecular characterization and therapeutic insights into biofilm positive
Staphylococcus aureus isolated from
bovine subclinical mastitis. Pak Vet J,
42(4): 584-590.
http://dx.doi.org/10.29261/pakvetj/2022.078