Canine superficial bacterial pyoderma: evaluation of skin surface sampling methods and antimicrobial susceptibility of causalStaphylococcusisolates

Abstract

Staphylococcal isolates from canine SBP demonstrated high susceptibility to common empirical antimicrobials. Histological techniques confirmed presence of bacteria at superficial sites, likely to be accessed by the sampling techniques. The three techniques afforded similar results and may be equally suitable for obtaining samples for culture.

Carriage rate and antibiotic susceptibility of coagulase‐positive staphylococci isolated from healthy dogs in Victoria, Australia

“…Although MRSP has been previously documented in cases of canine pyoderma in Australia, less is known about the prevalence among healthy dogs in the community. A prospective study of 27 dogs presenting with superficial bacterial pyoderma at two Sydney teaching hospitals identified one dog as carrying MRSP . Global studies of MRSP carriage among healthy dogs have also shown the prevalence to be low, with a Canadian study from 2011 finding no MRSP in 173 healthy dogs, a recent Tunisian study reporting no MRSP from 100 healthy dogs and a US study recovering only two isolates from 123 healthy dogs …”

Increasing antimicrobial resistance in clinical isolates ofStaphylococcus intermediusgroup bacteria and emergence of MRSP in the UK

“…Since then, one mecA -positive S. pseudintermedius isolate from a UK dog of an otherwise unknown origin was included in a genetic population analysis in 2007 (Bannoehr and others 2007) and, most recently, a further 20 MRSP were reported from 391 S. pseudintermedius isolates (5 per cent) submitted to a veterinary diagnostic laboratory in the North East of England (Maluping and others 2014). Worldwide, MRSP has been recognised as a rapidly emerging, highly drug-resistant small animal pathogen since 1999 (Gortel and others 1999, Quitoco and others 2013, Ravens and others 2014), with prevalences of around 20 per cent of clinical S. pseudintermedius submissions reported from Europe (Loeffler and others 2007, de Lucia and others 2011), 40 per cent from North America (Beck and others 2012, Bryan and others 2012) and most recently 47.9 per cent from China (Feng and others 2012). …”

Influence of Integrated Nutrient Management (INM) on yield attributes and economics of kharif onion (Allium cepa L.) under loamy sand soils

“…by Singh et al, (2012), Ravens et al, (2014) and Sindha et al, (2015), who also achieved isolation of different species of Staphylococcus from the skin scraping samples successfully.…”

“…The collected specimens were transported to the laboratory and processed as early as possible. (Ravens et al, 2014).…”