Prevalence of capsular polysaccharide types 5 and 8 among Staphylococcus aureus isolates from cow, goat, and ewe milk.
Monoclonal antibodies to Staphylococcus aureus capsular polysaccharide types 5 and 8 were used to serotype by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay 212, 54, and 33 isolates from cow, goat, and ewe milk, respectively. Capsular types 5 and 8 accounted for 69.4% of bovine isolates and 71.5 and 78.8% of goat and ewe isolates, respectively. Type 5 was predominant in strains from bovine sources (51.4%), whereas type 8 was prevalent in strains from caprine (68.5%) and ovine (75.8%) sources.
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Station de Pathologie de la Reproduction, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Nouzilly, France.
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Sutra
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Fournier
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D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006041:Goats; D008892:Milk / Q000382:microbiology*; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis / Q000276:immunology; D012703:Serotyping; D012756:Sheep; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000145:classification* / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification
D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial