title: Antimicrobial susceptibility of Escherichia coli isolated from feces of wild cranes migrating to Kagoshima, Japan.
abstract: Susceptibility to 13 antimicrobial agents was examined for 138 Escherichia coli isolates obtained from 192 fecal samples of wild cranes that migrated for wintering to the Izumi plain, Kagoshima prefecture in Japan. The numbers of isolates that were resistant to the antimicrobials used in this study are as follows: oxytetracycline (OTC), 22 isolates; minocycline, 7 isolates; ampicillin (ABPC), 4 isolates; nalidixic acid, 4 isolates; enrofloxacin, 2 isolates; kanamycin, one isolate. Multidrug resistant isolates exhibiting 2-4 drug resistances were obtained. All of the OTC-resistant isolates carried either the tet (A) or tet(B) gene. The bla(TEM) gene was found in all of the ABPC-resistant isolates.
authors.affiliation: United Graduate School of Veterinary Science, Yamaguchi University, Japan.
authors.forename: Noriyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kitadai
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Obi
authors.forename: Shogo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: Toshiyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Murase
authors.forename: Kozo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takase
mesh_terms: D025041:Animal Migration; D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D001717:Birds; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D012800:Siberia / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents