title: Antibiotic resistance of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae isolated from pigs with chronic swine erysipelas.
abstract: The susceptibility of 258 isolates of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae from slaughtered pigs affected with chronic erysipelas in Japan to antimicrobial agents was determined. A total of 111 (43.0%) strains showed resistance to erythromycin, oleandomycin, oxytetracycline, or dihydrostreptomycin. Plasmids were not detected. This is the first report of resistance of E. rhusiopathiae to these antibiotics.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D004888:Erysipelothrix / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000276:immunology; D004889:Erysipelothrix Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D013552:Swine; D013554:Swine Erysipelas / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents