Enterotoxin gene profile of Staphylococcus aureus isolates recovered from bovine milk produced in central Ethiopia

Authors

  • Eyasu Tigabu Seyoum Aklilu Lemma Institute of Pathobiology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
  • Tesfu Kassa Mekonene Aklilu Lemma Institute of Pathobiology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
  • Daniel Asrat Woldetsadik Black Lion School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
  • Bayleyegn Molla Zewudie College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, United States
  • Wondwossen Abebe Gebreyes College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, United States

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3855/jidc.6797

Keywords:

enterotoxins, dairy, food intoxication, Ethiopia

Abstract

Introduction: Staphylococcal food intoxication is dependent on the production of enterotoxins, the single most important virulence factors. Various studies conducted in Ethiopia have depicted the prevalence of S. aureus in bovine milk. However, there is no published data regarding the enterotoxin gene profile of S. aureus isolates in Ethiopia. The aim of this study was, therefore, to evaluate enterotoxin gene carriage profile of S. aureus isolates recovered from bovine milk samples from central Ethiopia.

Methodology: In this study, 109 S. aureus isolates recovered from bovine milk were analyzed for carriage of the classical enterotoxin genes. Genomic DNA extraction was performed using a commercially available kit. Two sets of multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays were used to detect the five classical enterotoxin-coding genes and the toxic shock syndrome toxin gene.

Results: At least one type of S. aureus enterotoxin gene (SE) was carried in 73 (66.9%) of the isolates. The most frequently encountered gene was sea (40; 36.7%) followed by seb (19; 17.4%), see (18; 16.5%), tst (16; 14.7%), sec-1 (12; 11.01%), and sed (7; 6.4%). Of the 73 S. aureus isolates harboring at least one of the enterotoxin genes, 26 (35.6%) strains harbored more than one enterotoxin gene.

Conclusions: More than half of the S. aureus isolates harbored at least one of the enterotoxin coding genes, indicating milk specimens contaminated by S. aureus could have a high chance of causing food intoxication.

Author Biographies

Eyasu Tigabu Seyoum, Aklilu Lemma Institute of Pathobiology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Tropical and infectious disease

Aklilku Lemma Institute of Pathobiology

Ph.D

Tesfu Kassa Mekonene, Aklilu Lemma Institute of Pathobiology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Departemnt of Aminal Health and Zoonoses

Profesor and Dirctor of AKliliu Lemma Institute of Pathobilogy

Daniel Asrat Woldetsadik, Black Lion School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Parasitology, Black lion school of Medicine, College of Health Sciences

Bayleyegn Molla Zewudie, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, United States

Infectious Diseases Molecular Epidemiology Laboratory, Professor

Wondwossen Abebe Gebreyes, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, United States

Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Professor

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Published

2016-02-28

How to Cite

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Seyoum ET, Mekonene TK, Woldetsadik DA, Zewudie BM, Gebreyes WA (2016) Enterotoxin gene profile of Staphylococcus aureus isolates recovered from bovine milk produced in central Ethiopia. J Infect Dev Ctries 10:138–142. doi: 10.3855/jidc.6797

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Vol. 10 No. 02: February 2016

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