Table 1.
Distribution of capsular polysaccharide genotypes and phenotypes 5 and 8 among Staphylococcus aureus isolated from bovine intramammary infections in four Argentinean provinces.
| Provinces | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Fe | Entre Ríos | Córdoba | Buenos Aires | Total | ||||||
| Genotype | Phenotype | Genotype | Phenotype | Genotype | Phenotype | Genotype | Phenotype | Genotype | Phenotype | |
| cap5 (%) | 46 (50.5) | 19 (33.3) | 10 (76.9) | 6(54.5) | 16 (72.7) | 6(37.5) | 11 (35.5) | 8(47.1) | 83 (52.9) | 39(38.6) |
| cap8(%) | 11 (12.1) | 8(14.0) | 1 (7.7) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 6 (19.3) | 4(23.5) | 18 (11.4) | 12(11.9) |
| NT(%) | 34 (37.4) | 30(52.7) | 2 (15.4) | 5(45.5) | 6 (27.3) | 10(62.5) | 14 (45.2) | 5(29.4) | 56 (35.7) | 50(49.5) |
| Total | 91 | 57 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 16 | 31 | 17 | 157 | 101 |
References: NT: nontypeable.
No differences in CP genotype (P = 0.227) or phenotype (P = 0.179) distribution were found between provinces.