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Pantothenate-requiring dwarf colony variants of Staphylococcus aureus as the etiological agent in bovine mastitis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

D. Sompolinsky ,
I. Gluskin  and
G. Ziv
D. Sompolinsky
Affiliation:
The Staphylococcus Reference Laboratory, Asaf Harofe Government Hospital, Zrifin, The Kimeron Veterinary Institute, Beit Dagon, and the Department for Microbiology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan (Israel)
I. Gluskin
Affiliation:
The Staphylococcus Reference Laboratory, Asaf Harofe Government Hospital, Zrifin, The Kimeron Veterinary Institute, Beit Dagon, and the Department for Microbiology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan (Israel)
G. Ziv
Affiliation:
The Staphylococcus Reference Laboratory, Asaf Harofe Government Hospital, Zrifin, The Kimeron Veterinary Institute, Beit Dagon, and the Department for Microbiology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan (Israel)
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In a herd affected with bovine mastitis, dwarf colony variants of Staphylococcus aureus, auxotrophic for Ca-pantothenate, were isolated from the milk of four cows with mastitis. From one of these cows, a dwarf variant with an unknown metabolic disorder was isolated during the same period. Infections with auxo trophic staphylococci were always chronic and proved to be refractory to anti biotic treatment, though the causative micro-organism was highly susceptible to the drugs used as judged by in vitro tests.

The authors acknowledge with appreciation the skilful help of Miss Nili Abramova.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 67 , Issue 3 , September 1969 , pp. 511 - 516
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1969

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