ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANT BACTERIA ISOLATED FROM DOGS

• Autor(a) principal: GERKE, Lígia Abboud
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Santi, Carlos Eduardo, KAFKA, Rosinei, Defante, Renata Lopes, Ottoni, Júlia ROnzella, Zambrano Passarini, Michel Rodrigo
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista de Ciência Veterinária e Saúde Pública
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/RevCiVet/article/view/51752
• topic: Resistência bacteriana, azitromicina, cloranfenicol, amoxicilina clavulanato de potássio, animais domésticos.

The presence of pets in Brazilian homes is a practice that is increasing. Dogs being in contact with their owners may be sources of transmission of microorganisms possibly resistant to certain antibiotics. Knowledge of the presence of clinically important bacteria associated with domestic animal saliva may represent a strategy for assessing the risks of human contamination. This study aimed to evaluate the resistance to antimicrobials by bacteria isolated from the saliva of domestic dogs in the city of Foz do Iguaçu. From a total of seven saliva samples studied, twelve bacterial strains were isolated, representing the genera Staphylococcus, Escherichia, Streptococcus, Salmonella, Pseudomonas, Haemophilus and Enterococcus, using selective culture media. Antimicrobial resistance to chloramphenicol, amoxicillin + potassium clavulanate and azithromycin was performed using the disc diffusion technique. Strains of Escherichia coli, Streptococcus, Salmonella, Haemophilus and Pseudomonas showed resistance to the antibiotic amoxicillin + potassium clavulanate. For Pseudomonas, it was possible to observe resistance to the antibiotic chloramphenicol, while for azithromycin, we obtained discrete resistance results against the Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas isolates. The results show that domestic dogs can be sources of potentially pathogenic microorganisms to humans and are resistant to commercial antibiotics, demonstrating the need to maintain some caution and hygiene in living with these animals