Beta-lactam resistance in enterobacteria isolated from animal and water

The susceptibility to β-lactam antibiotics was analysed in thirty seven strains of enterobacteria from both animals and non-chlorinated water of rural areas from Corrientes, North-eastern Argentina. Twenty nine were isolated from animals: Klebsiella pneumoniae (n=9), Klebsiella oxytoca (n=1), Proteu...

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Autores principales: Cicuta, M. E., Roibón, W. R., Barceló, M. C., Arzú, O. R., Amable, V. I.
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Publicado: Universidad Nacional del Nordeste 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unne.edu.ar/index.php/vet/article/view/540
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Sumario:The susceptibility to β-lactam antibiotics was analysed in thirty seven strains of enterobacteria from both animals and non-chlorinated water of rural areas from Corrientes, North-eastern Argentina. Twenty nine were isolated from animals: Klebsiella pneumoniae (n=9), Klebsiella oxytoca (n=1), Proteus mirabilis (n=7), Escherichia coli (n=12), and 8 from non-chlorinated water: E. coli (n=5), K. pneumoniae (n=2), K. oxytoca (n=1). The antibiograms were performed by the Kirby-Bauer technique using antibiotic discs of ampicillin, cefotaxime, cefepime, piperacillin and with β-lactamases inhibitors: clavulanic acid-amoxicillin, sulbactam- cefoperazone and tazobactam-piperacillin. Carbapenems with an EDTA disc as metallo β-lactamases inhibitor were also used. Neither phenotypically ESBL (extended-spectrum beta-lactamases) nor carbapenemase were detected. It can be inferred that the resistance observed in this assay may be attributed to a different source.