Epidemiological Features, Biochemical Indices,
Antibiogram Susceptibility Profile and Biofilm Factor Genes of
Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolated from Bovine Clinical Mastitis
Cases
Ayman Ahmed Shehata1, Eman Beshry Abd-Elfatah1, Hend E.M. Elsheik1,
Asmaa lbrahim Abdelaziz Zin Eldin2,
Marwa B Salman3, Ahmed Shehta4, Safaa I Khater5 and Mahran
Mohamed Abd El-Emam5*
1
Department of Animal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Faculty of
Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, El-Shohada, Moawwad, Qesm
Awel AZ Zagazig, 44511, Egypt.
2Department
of Microbiology and Immunology,
Veterinary Research Institute,
National Research Centre. Post Box 12622,
El Bohouth
str.Dokki.Cairo, Egypt.
3Department
of zoonotic diseases. National Research Centre. Post Box 12622,
El Bohouth
str.Dokki.Cairo, Egypt.
4
Department of Animal Medicine, Internal medicine, Faculty of
Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, El-Shohada, Moawwad, Qesm
Awel AZ Zagazig, 44511, Egypt.
5Department
of Biochemistry
and Molecular Biology,
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, El-Shohada,
Moawwad, Qesm Awel AZ Zagazig, 44511, Egypt.
*Corresponding author:
mahranmohamed1234@gmail.com
Abstract
Bovine mastitis, a growing issue in dairy farms,
with Klebsiella species being associated with severe mastitis. This study was
designed to evaluate the prevalence, biochemical changes, antibiogram
susceptibility profile, and biofilm-producing capacity of Klebsiella
pneumoniae isolated from Holstein cows with clinical mastitis at a private
farm in Alexandria, Egypt. The overall isolation rate of Klebsiella
specieswas 28%, which was further characterized by polymerase chain
reaction (PCR) targeting the 16S-23S internal transcribed spacer gene as K. pneumoniae.Clinical mastitis
significantly impacted milk composition and blood biochemistry, causing a
decline in milk composition, reduction
of antioxidant capacity, and increased enzymatic
levels compared to normal controls.K. pneumoniae
isolates showed 100% resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics, followed by
resistance rates of 57, 43 and 43% to chloramphenicol, streptomycin, and
sulfamethoxazole–trimethoprim, respectively, while ciprofloxacin and ceftriaxone
showed complete susceptibility. The study found that all K. pneumoniae
strains expressed the fimA, mrkA, and mrkD fimbrial genes, and the ecpA gene.
The study highlights the high prevalence of multidrug-resistant and
biofilm-producing K. pneumoniae strains in bovine clinical mastitis,
emphasizing the need for improved antimicrobial usage and antibiofilm approaches
to overcome the poor treatment response, as well as measuring antioxidant level
and enzymatic activity in milk improved milk health screening.
To Cite This Article:
Shehata AA, Abd-Elfatah EB, Elsheikh HEM, Eldin
AlAZ, Salman MB, Shehta A, Khater SI and El-Emam MMA, 2024. Epidemiological
features, biochemical indices, antibiogram susceptibility profile, and biofilm
factor genes of Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from bovine clinical mastitis
cases. Pak Vet J, 44(1): 141-147. http://dx.doi.org/10.29261/pakvetj/2024.130