title: Antimicrobial susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from bovine mastitis in Argentina.
abstract: A total of 206 strains of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from bovine clinical and subclinical mastitis in Argentina during 1996 to 1998 were investigated for their in vitro susceptibility to several antimicrobial agents. Minimum inhibitory concentrations that inhibit 90% of the strains tested reported in micrograms per milliliters were: 1.5, 0.5, 0.75, 1.50, 0.75, 1.0 and 0.125 for penicillin, oxacillin, cephalothin, gentamicin, erythromycin, clindamycin and ampicillin-sulbactam, respectively. Resistance was detected in 83 (40.3%), 24 (11.6%), 16 (7.7%) and 7 (3.4%) S. aureus isolates for penicillin, erythromycin, pirlimycin and gentamicin, respectively. No resistance was detected for oxacillin, cephalothin and ampicillin-sulbactam. Results indicated that S. aureus isolates in Argentina exhibited high resistance to penicillin of all antimicrobial agents tested.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Fisiopatologia y Etiopatogenia, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gentilini
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Denamiel
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Llorente
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Godaly
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rebuelto
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: DeGregorio
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001118:Argentina; D002417:Cattle; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D005260:Female; D008414:Mastitis, Bovine / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests / Q000662:veterinary; D008892:Milk / Q000382:microbiology*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents