title: Characterization of Aerococcus viridans isolates from swine clinical specimens.
abstract: We present here the biochemical and genetic characterization and antimicrobial susceptibility of 58 isolates of Aerococcus viridans isolated in pure culture from different clinical specimens of normally sterile body sites of pigs. A. viridans isolates were commonly susceptible to beta-lactam antimicrobials and exhibited a great genetic heterogeneity as determined by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis typing. The results indicate that A. viridans might be included in the list of possible etiological agents causing disease in pigs.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio Visavet, Departamento de Sanidad Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Martín
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Vela
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gilbert
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cebolla
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Goyache
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Domínguez
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Fernández-Garayzábal
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D050260:Carbohydrate Metabolism; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D013289:Streptococcaceae / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004269:DNA, Bacterial