title: Prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility of Salmonella spp. in small Indian mongooses (Herpestes auropunctatus) in Grenada, West Indies.
abstract: Intestinal samples from 156 small Indian mongooses (Herpestes auropunctatus) collected island-wide in Grenada from April 2011 to March 2013 were examined for the presence of Salmonella enterica spp. Nineteen (12%) mongooses were culture-positive for S. enterica spp. of which five serotypes were identified. Salmonella javiana and S. Montevideo were the most commonly isolated serotypes. The other serotypes isolated were S. Rubislaw, S. Panama and S. Arechavaleta. All isolates were susceptible to amoxicillin-clavulanic acid, ampicillin, cefotaxime, ceftazidime, ciprofloxacin, enrofloxacin, gentamicin, nalidixic acid, imipenem and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole. One isolate (S. Montevideo) showed resistance to tetracycline and intermediate resistance to streptomycin. The five isolated Salmonella serotypes are potential human pathogens suggesting that the mongoose may play a role in the epidemiology of human salmonellosis in Grenada.
authors.affiliation: Wildlife Conservation Medicine Program, School of Veterinary Medicine, St. George's University, West Indies, Grenada.
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.affiliation: Pathobiology Academic Program, School of Veterinary Medicine, St. George's University, West Indies, Grenada.
authors.forename: Victor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Amadi
authors.affiliation: Pathobiology Academic Program, School of Veterinary Medicine, St. George's University, West Indies, Grenada.
authors.forename: Diana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Stone
authors.affiliation: Office International des Epizooties (OIE) Reference Laboratory for Salmonellosis, Laboratory for Foodborne Zoonoses, Public Health Agency of Canada, 110 Stone Rd. West, Guelph, ON N1G 3W4, Canada.
authors.forename: Roger
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.affiliation: Pathobiology Academic Program, School of Veterinary Medicine, St. George's University, West Indies, Grenada.
authors.forename: Harry
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hariharan
authors.affiliation: Wildlife Conservation Medicine Program, School of Veterinary Medicine, St. George's University, West Indies, Grenada. Electronic address: uzieger@sgu.edu.
authors.forename: Ulrike
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Zieger
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D019425:Grenada; D008988:Herpestidae / Q000382:microbiology*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D015995:Prevalence; D062486:Public Health Surveillance; D012475:Salmonella / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012481:Salmonella Infections, Animal / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D019779:Salmonella enterica / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification; D065288:Serogroup
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents
keywords: Antimicrobial susceptibility; Grenada; Herpestes auropunctatus; Mongoose; Salmonella; Serotypes