title: Antibiotic resistance in Staphylococcus sp. isolated from the vaginal environment of squirrel monkeys (Saimiri spp.) bred ex situ.
abstract: Squirrel monkeys (Saimiri spp.) have been widely used as animal models; however, the occurrence of Staphylococcus sp in their vaginal microbiota remains to be described.
  
  
  
  Samples were collected from 175 adult squirrel monkeys to isolate Staphylococcus sp and to test for susceptibility to a panel of nine antimicrobial agents.
  
  
  
  Isolates with characteristics of the genus Staphylococcus were detected in 95 of 175 samples. Coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) were the most common (95.8%, 91/95) isolates. Resistance to antibiotics was observed in 47.3% (45/95) of isolates. Resistance to tetracycline was observed in 28.5% (26/91), chloramphenicol in 15.4% (14/91), and methicillin in 13.2% (12/91) of CoNS. Coagulase-positive staphylococci were resistant to tetracycline, erythromycin, and methicillin.
  
  
  
  The presence of Staphylococcus sp in vaginal samples obtained from squirrel monkeys suggests that these animals were in a carrier state. Furthermore, isolating strains resistant to methicillin reinforces the biosafety care of a colony.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Ciência e Tecnologia em Biomodelos, Serviço de Criação de Primatas não Humanos, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
authors.forename: Anna C J
authors.initials: ACJ
authors.lastname: Donato
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Bacteriologia Veterinária, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Brasil.
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Penna
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Medicina Veterinária (Clínica e Reprodução Animal), Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Brasil.
authors.forename: Angélica
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Consalter
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade do Grande Rio, Niterói, Brasil.
authors.forename: Daniela D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Carvalho
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Bacteriologia Veterinária, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Brasil.|Programa de Pós-Graduação em Medicina Veterinária (Clínica e Reprodução Animal), Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Brasil.
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lilenbaum
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Medicina Veterinária (Clínica e Reprodução Animal), Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Brasil.|Laboratório de Anatomia Patológica Veterinária, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Brasil.
authors.forename: Ana M R
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-6345-1106
authors.initials: AMR
authors.lastname: Ferreira
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D005260:Female; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D012453:Saimiri / Q000382:microbiology*; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000187:drug effects*; D014621:Vagina / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents
keywords: 
  Saimiri sciureus
  ; 
  Saimiri ustus
  ; 
  Staphylococcus
  ; ex situ; squirrel monkey