title: Ovine clone ST1464: a predominant genotype of Staphylococcus aureus subsp. anaerobius isolated from sheep in Sudan.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The aim of the present study was to examine the phenotypic and genotypic relatedness of 17 Staphylococcus aureus subsp. anaerobius isolates recovered from sheep abscesses in Khartoum state, Sudan, during the period 2007-2008.
  
  
  METHODS
  This sample was characterised using antibiogram typing, biochemical typing with the commercial PhenePlate system (PhP-CS) and multilocus sequence typing (MLST).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Low levels of resistance were noted to the 11 antimicrobial agents tested. All the isolates corresponded to a single PhP type, and to a single, novel, multilocus sequence type, designated ST1464.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results demonstrate that the vast majority of cases of sheep abscess disease in Khartoum state are caused by a single novel clone of S. aureus subsp. anaerobius.
authors.affiliation: Tropical Medicine Research Institute, Khartoum, Sudan. haythamalbur@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Haitham
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Elbir
authors.forename: Edward J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Feil
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Drancourt
authors.forename: Véronique
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Roux
authors.forename: Sulieman M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: El Sanousi
authors.forename: Mona
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eshag
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Colque-Navarro
authors.forename: Inger
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kühn
authors.forename: Jan-Ingmar
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Flock
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D000818:Animals; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D005838:Genotype; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology; D013397:Sudan / Q000453:epidemiology