title: Isolation and Antimicrobial Testing of Aeromonas spp., Citrobacter spp., Cronobacter spp., Enterobacter spp., Escherichia spp., Klebsiella spp., and Trabulsiella spp. from the Gallbladder of Pigs.
abstract: The presence of Gram-negative bacteria species, other than Salmonella spp., in the gallbladder of pigs was examined. Isolated Gram-negative bacteria were assigned to species using the Microgen™ GnA+B-ID Systems. Of the 64 isolated strains 43 were identified as Escherichia coli, seven as Enterobacter spp., three each as Klebsiella spp., Citrobacterfreundii, Aeromonas hydrophila and Cronobacter sakazakii and one each as Escherichiafergusonii and Trabulsiella guamensis. Their antibiograms showed very high resistance to ampicillin, amoxicillin, tetracycline, chloramphenicol and sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim. It was concluded that the pigs' gallbladder is a reservoir of potentially pathogenic Gram-negative bacteria for pork consumers.
authors.forename: Grammato
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Evangelopoulou
authors.forename: Georgios
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Filioussis
authors.forename: Spyridon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kritas
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kantere
authors.forename: Angeliki R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Burriel
mesh_terms: D000333:Aeromonas / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001419:Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002954:Citrobacter / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D004754:Enterobacter / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004925:Escherichia / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000382:microbiology*; D007709:Klebsiella / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013552:Swine / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents