Title
Antimicrobial in vitro susceptibility of salmonella enterica isolated from Guinea pigs of familiar-commercial breeding systems in the province of Carhuaz, Ancash
Other title
[Susceptibilidad a antibacterianos in vitro de salmonella enterica aislada de cuyes de crianza familiar-comercial en la provincia de Carhuaz, Áncash]
Date Issued
01 January 2010
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Abstract
The objective of the present study was to determine the sensitivity of Salmonella enterica to 12 antibiotics. The bacteria were isolated from Guinea pigs showing clinical signs compatible to salmonellosis. Samples of spleen, liver and other organs showing pathological lesions were collected from unhealthy Guinea pigs bred under a familiar-commercial system in the province of Carhuaz, Ancash between May to July 2007. Conventional methods were used in order to isolate S. enterica strains and the diffusion test of Kirby-Bauer method was used to evaluate the sensitivity to antibiotics. Strains of S. enterica were isolated from 61.5% of the animals. All of these strains (40/40) were sensible to enrofloxacin, sulfatrimethoprim, streptomycin, and amoxicillin, 97.5% to chloramphenicol and gentamicin, and 92.5% to fosfomicin. Resistant strains were found to furazolidone (15.0%) and colistin (12.5%) among others. The results showed that sensitivity to enrofloxacin and sulfatrimethoprim, as well as chloramphenicol, gentamicin and fosfomicin indicated these antibiotics are good choices for salmonelosis treatment in the studied farms.
Start page
93
End page
99
Volume
21
Issue
1
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Zoología, Ornitología, Entomología, ciencias biológicas del comportamiento Biología celular, Microbiología Ciencias médicas, Ciencias de la salud
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85047067081
Source
Revista de Investigaciones Veterinarias del Peru
ISSN of the container
16823419
Sponsor(s)
Los autores agradecen a la ONG ADG (Aide au Développement Gembloux, Bélgi- ca), y BIDA (Centro de Biodiversidad y De-sarrollo Agrario La Molina – Perú) por el financiamiento de estudio; y a Marie Smekens (ONG ADG) por la coordinación y estableci-miento del proyecto.
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