title: Isolation and antimicrobial susceptibility of Plesiomonas shigelloides from great cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo hanedae) in Gifu and Shiga Prefectures, Japan.
abstract: Plesiomonas shigelloides is a causal agent of gastroenteritis, sepsis and meningitis in humans. We examined the prevalence of P. shigelloides among great cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo hanedae) in Japan and the antimicrobial susceptibility of isolates. P. shigelloides was isolated from 33 (47.8%) of 69 fecal samples from great cormorants in 2014. All 33 isolates were subjected to antimicrobial susceptibility testing using broth microdilution methods, which showed resistance to ampicillin (31 isolates, 93.9%), tetracycline (two isolates, 6.1%) and trimethoprim (one isolate, 3.0%). The high prevalence of P. shigelloides in the great cormorants implicates the possible microbiological risk to public health.
authors.affiliation: The United Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1193, Japan.
authors.forename: Ryota
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Matsuyama
authors.forename: Naotoshi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kuninaga
authors.forename: Tomoya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Morimoto
authors.forename: Tetsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shibano
authors.forename: Akiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sudo
authors.forename: Kazunari
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sudo
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Asano
authors.forename: Masatsugu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Tetsuo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Asai
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D001717:Birds / Q000382:microbiology*; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D007564:Japan; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D016981:Plesiomonas / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015995:Prevalence
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents