Detecção da resistência a antibióticos de bactérias isoladas de casos clínicos ocorridos em animais de companhia Detection of antibiotic resistance in clinical bacterial strains from pets

<abstract language="eng">The identification of different bacterial strains and the occurrence of antibiotic resistance were investigated in several infection processes of pets as skin abscess with purulent discharge, bronco alveolar fluid, earwax, urine, mammary, and eye fluid. Strep...

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Main Authors: P. Poeta, J. Rodrigues
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais 2008-04-01
Series:Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-09352008000200037
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Summary:<abstract language="eng">The identification of different bacterial strains and the occurrence of antibiotic resistance were investigated in several infection processes of pets as skin abscess with purulent discharge, bronco alveolar fluid, earwax, urine, mammary, and eye fluid. Streptococcus spp. and Staphylococcus spp. were the most detected in the different samples. A high frequency of antimicrobial resistance has been observed and this could reflect the wide use of antimicrobials in pets, making the effectiveness of antibiotic treatment to become more complicated.
ISSN:0102-0935
1678-4162