Antibiotic resistance of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae isolated from pigs with chronic swine erysipelas.
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.
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*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents