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| Title |
Staphylococcus aureus Complex in the Straw-Colored Fruit Bat (Eidolon helvum) in Nigeria
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Microbiology, February 2018
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| DOI | 10.3389/fmicb.2018.00162 |
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| Authors |
Ayodele Olatimehin, Adebayo O. Shittu, Francis C. Onwugamba, Alexander Mellmann, Karsten Becker, Frieder Schaumburg |
| Abstract |
Bats are economically important animals and serve as food sources in some African regions. They can be colonized with theStaphylococcus aureuscomplex, which includesStaphylococcus schweitzeriandStaphylococcus argenteus. Fecal carriage ofS. aureuscomplex in the straw-colored fruit bat (Eidolon helvum) has been described. However, data on their transmission and adaptation in animals and humans are limited. The aim of this study was to investigate the population structure of theS. aureuscomplex inE. helvumand to assess the geographical spread ofS. aureuscomplex among other animals and humans. Fecal samples were collected fromE. helvumin Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. The isolates were characterized by antimicrobial susceptibility testing,spatyping and multilocus sequence typing (MLST). Isolates were screened for the presence oflukS/lukF-PV and the immune evasion cluster (scn, sak, chp) which is frequently found in isolates adapted to the human host. A Neighbor-Joining tree was constructed using the concatenated sequences of the seven MLST genes. A total of 250 fecal samples were collected and 53 isolates were included in the final analysis. They were identified asS. aureus(n= 28),S. schweitzeri(n= 11) andS. argenteus(n= 14). Only oneS. aureuswas resistant to penicillin and another isolate was intermediately susceptible to tetracycline. Thescn, sak, andchpgene were not detected. Species-specific MLST clonal complexes (CC) were detected forS. aureus(CC1725),S. argenteus(CC3960, CC3961), andS. schweitzeri(CC2463). STs ofS. schweitzerifrom this study were similar to STs from bats in Nigeria (ST2464) and Gabon (ST1700) or from monkey in Côte d'Ivoire (ST2058, ST2072). This suggests host adaptation of certain clones to wildlife mammals with a wide geographical spread in Africa. In conclusion, there is evidence of fecal carriage of members ofS. aureuscomplex inE. helvum.S. schweitzerifrom bats in Nigeria are closely related to those from bats and monkeys in West and Central Africa suggesting a cross-species transmission and wide geographical distribution. The low antimicrobial resistance rates and the absence of the immune evasion cluster suggests a limited exposure of these isolates to humans. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| Australia | 1 | 50% |
| Unknown | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 67 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Researcher | 9 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 8 | 12% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 7 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 7% |
| Other | 12 | 18% |
| Unknown | 20 | 30% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 10 | 15% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 7 | 10% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 7% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 5 | 7% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 4 | 6% |
| Other | 11 | 16% |
| Unknown | 25 | 37% |
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