Pathomolecular epidemiology, antimicrobial resistance, and virulence genes of Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis isolates from slaughtered pigs in India

We aimed to investigate the prevalence, pathology, and characterization of Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis (SDSE) in slaughtered pigs of India. We collected 1254 morbid tissues (lungs-627 and spleen-627) and 627 heart-blood from 627 slaughtered pigs. The bacterial isolation, antibiogra...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of applied microbiology 2024-01, Vol.135 (1)
Hauptverfasser: Patel, Sagar M, Sahoo, Monalisa, Thakor, Jigarji Chaturji, Murali, Dinesh, Kumar, Pradeep, Singh, Rajendra, Singh, Karam Pal, Saikumar, G, Jana, Chandrakanta, Patel, Shailesh Kumar, Mote, Akash B, Karthikeyan, Ravichandran, Vandre, Rajesh Kumar, Biswal, Jitendra Kumar, Sahoo, Nihar Ranjan
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Zusammenfassung:We aimed to investigate the prevalence, pathology, and characterization of Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis (SDSE) in slaughtered pigs of India. We collected 1254 morbid tissues (lungs-627 and spleen-627) and 627 heart-blood from 627 slaughtered pigs. The bacterial isolation, antibiogram, virulence gene profiling, and mouse pathogenicity testing were performed for the detection and characterization of SDSE. A total of 177 isolates (heart-blood-160 and tissues-17) were recovered from 627 slaughtered pigs with higher isolation rate in heart-blood (25.51%). The prevalence of SDSE was 11% in morbid tissues by polymerase chain reaction. Majority of isolates showed higher detection of streptolysin O, followed by streptokinase and extracellular phospholipase A virulence genes with higher degree of resistance to azithromycin, clindamycin, erythromycin, and penicillin antibiotics. Mouse pathogenicity testing confirmed virulence based on histopathological lesions and re-isolation of SDSE. Our findings highlight the high prevalence of SDSE in slaughtered pigs. The presence of virulence genes and mouse pathogenicity testing confirm their pathogenic potential.
ISSN:1365-2672
1365-2672
DOI:10.1093/jambio/lxae002