Original Scientific Article
Antimicrobial resistance of Enterococcus faecium isolated from the urinary system of dogs
Sukru Kirkan
*
,
Ugur Parin
,
Gamze Balat
Received: 16 February 2018
Received in revised form: 06 June 2018
Accepted: 11 July 2018
Available Online First: 03 November 2018
Published on: 15 March 2019
Correspondence: Sukru Kirkan, skirkan@adu.edu.tr
Abstract
The purpose of the present study was to determine the antimicrobial susceptibility of vancomycin-resistant and Enterococcus faecium strains isolated from urine samples of dogs. A total of 22 Enterococcus sp. samples were isolated and identified from 100 urine samples collected by cystocentesis from dogs of both sexes. The identification with species specific primers for multiplex PCR revealed that all 22 isolates (100%) belonged to E. faecium. Vancomycin resistance was found in 10 (45%) samples of E. faecium strains with PCR study by vanA and vanB primers.
Keywords: enterococci, E. faecium, vancomycin, vanA, vanB
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Copyright
© 2018 Kirkan S. This is an open-access article published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Acknowledgment
This research was funded by Aydin Adnan Menderes University Scientific Research Committee (Project code: VTF-15067).
Conflict of Interest Statement
The authors declared that they have no potential conflict of interest with respect to the authorship and/or publication of this article.
Citation Information
Macedonian Veterinary Review. Volume 42, Issue 1, Pages 15-21, p-ISSN 1409-7621, e-ISSN 1857-7415, DOI: 10.2478/macvetrev-2018-0026, 2018
10.2478/macvetrev-2018-0026
