Isolation and antimicrobial susceptibility of Plesiomonas shigelloides from great cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo hanedae) in Gifu and Shiga Prefectures, Japan

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%) o...

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Autores principales: MATSUYAMA, Ryota, KUNINAGA, Naotoshi, MORIMOTO, Tomoya, SHIBANO, Tetsuya, SUDO, Akiko, SUDO, Kazunari, ASANO, Makoto, SUZUKI, Masatsugu, ASAI, Tetsuo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Veterinary Science 2015
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Public Health
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4591164/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25892535
http://dx.doi.org/10.1292/jvms.15-0014
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Sumario: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.

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