Frequency and antimicrobial susceptibility of Staphylococcus spp isolated from feline skin lesions
Medleau, L.; Blue, J.L.
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 193(9): 1080-1081
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-1488 PMID: 3198459 Document Number: 317776
Swab specimens obtained from skin lesions of 45 cats were cultured bacteriologically for staphylococci. Thirty-two staphylococcal isolates were recovered from 30 cats and were biotyped, using biochemical tests contained in a staphylococcal identification system. Of 23 isolates considered coagulase-positive, 16 were identified as Staphylococcus aureus, 5 as S. intermedius and 2 as S. hyicus. Of 9 isolates considered coagulase-negative, 6 were identified as S. simulans, 2 as S. epidermidis and 1 as S. xylosus. Antimicrobial susceptibility tests were done on all staphylococcal isolates, using a disk-diffusion method. Staphylococcal isolates were susceptible to clavulanic acid-amoxicillin, cloxacillin, cephalothin, chloramphenicol, gentamicin, erythromycin and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole. Resistance to penicillin G, ampicillin, and tetracycline was frequent.