Resistance to Antibiotics in Strains of Staphylococcus spp., Enterococcus spp. and Escherichia coli Isolated from Rectal Swabs of Pigs
| Autor: | Pavel Sauer, L. Cekanova, Milan Kolář, R. Pospíšil, Jan Bardoň, Iva Vagnerova, J. Petrželová, D. Koukalová |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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lcsh:Veterinary medicine
General Veterinary Tetracycline SCCmec Clindamycin MRSA biochemical phenomena metabolism and nutrition bacterial resistance Biology medicine.disease_cause biology.organism_classification rectal swabs Microbiology Antibiotic resistance Enterococcus Staphylococcus aureus Staphylococcus hominis medicine lcsh:SF600-1100 Pigs Staphylococcus Czech Republic medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Acta Veterinaria Brno, Vol 77, Iss 1, Pp 103-110 (2008) |
| ISSN: | 1801-7576 0001-7213 |
| Popis: | The study aimed at determining the level of resistance of selected bacterial species (Staphylococcus spp., Enterococcus spp., Escherichia coli) isolated from rectal swabs of pigs to antimicrobial agents. The tested strains were isolated from piglets aged 7 to 30 days. Bacterial species were identified by standard microbiological techniques and susceptibility to antibiotics was determined quantitatively by the standard microdilution method. Resistance of the Staphylococcus aureus strain to oxacillin was confirmed by detection of the mecA gene and PBP2a. A total of 115 Staphylococcus spp. isolates were collected. In the case of Staphylococcus aureus, the methicillin-resistant strain (MRSA) was identified. Moreover, higher frequency of coagulase-negative staphylococci with minimum inhibitory concentration of oxacillin ≥ 0.5 mg/l was noticed. Inducible resistance to clindamycin in the Staphylococcus hominis strain was also detected. The strains of Enterococcus spp. (61 isolates) exhibited high resistance to tetracycline (98.5%), erythromycin (86.8%) and chloramphenicol (54.4%). Vancomycin-resistant enterococci were not isolated. In the case of Escherichia coli strains (111 isolates), higher frequency of resistant strains to tetracycline (81.1%) and ampicillin (62.2%) was documented. Resistance to fluoroquinolones and production of broad-spectrum β-lactamases was not noticed. The presented study may be considered as a pilot project assessing the prevalence of resistant bacteria in piglets kept on a single farm. It demonstrated the presence of resistant strains of Staphylococcus spp., including one MRSA strain, Enterococcus spp. and Escherichia coli. These strains may be present as a result of postnatal colonization with both bacterial microflora of dams and environmental microflora. |
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