Journal of Veterinary Clinics (한국임상수의학회지)

The Korean Society of Veterinary Clinics (한국임상수의학회)
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Studies on Nosocomial Pathogens Isolated from Veterinary Hospitals in Gwangju

광주지역 동물병원에서 분리한 의원성 병원체에 관한 연구

  • Kang Mi-young (College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonnam National University) ;
  • Choi Jae-won (College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonnam National University) ;
  • Park Seo-jung (College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonnam National University) ;
  • Koh Hong-bum (College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonnam National University) ;
  • Lee Bong-joo (College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonnam National University)
  • 강미영 (전남대학교 수의과대학 수의학과) ;
  • 최재원 (전남대학교 수의과대학 수의학과) ;
  • 박서정 (전남대학교 수의과대학 수의학과) ;
  • 고홍범 (전남대학교 수의과대학 수의학과) ;
  • 이봉주 (전남대학교 수의과대학 수의학과)
  • Published : 2005.03.01
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Abstract

We investigated the contamination of animal hospital floor, beauty table, computer keyboard, exam table, operation table and forcep handle by isolations of aerobic bacteria in small animal hospitals in Gwangju. The total number of aerobic bacteria was 52 isolates and Staphylococcus spp. (38 isolates) were the predominant isolates (69.71 %) of them. The prevalent contaminated areas were floor (17 isolates), beauty table (13 isolates) and computer keyboard (9 isolates). The detection of methicillin-resistant (mecA) gene, determined by PCR, showed that 3 of the 17 coagulase-negative Staphylococcus spp. (CNS) isolates possessed the mecA gene. For evaluating the antibiotic susceptibility patterns of the isolates, disk diffusion method was used. The majority of isolates showed high susceptibility to amoxicillin (92.1 %), ceftiofur (84.2%) and polymixin B (73.7%). Also they showed the high resistant to ampicilline (66.7%), penicillin (65%) and kanamycin (56.5%). These results suggest extensive contamination of aerobic bacteria in animal hospital environment.

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