Korean Journal of Veterinary Research (대한수의학회지)
- Volume 39 Issue 4
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- Pages.811-818
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- 1999
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- 2466-1384(pISSN)
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- 2466-1392(eISSN)
Molecular typing of epidemiologically unrelated Staphylococcus epidermidis recovered from dogs by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis
- Pak, Son-il (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University)
- Received : 1999.04.27
- Published : 1999.09.01
Abstract
A total of 16 Staphylococcus epidermidis isolates collected from 14 dogs admitted to the Veterinary Medicial Teaching Hospital in Seoul National University over eleven months were examined for in vitro antibiotic susceptibility pattern with minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and slime production, a virulence-associated phenotype, and were genetically characterized by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). The frequency of resistance to antimicrobial agents tested was not high, with a susceptibility ranging from 56.3% to 100%. Three strains exhibited multiple drug resistance against amikacin (MIC,
Keywords
- Staphylococcus epidermidis;
- antimicrobial susceptibility;
- slime;
- pulsed-field gel electrophoresis;
- dog