Table 1.
Antimicrobial resistance of enterococci isolated from faecal samples of dogs detected by the disk diffusion method.
| Antibiotic No. resistant (% resistant) | No. ( % resistant ) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. faecium (n = 45) | E. gallinarum * (n = 17) | E. casseliflavus * (n = 4) | E. raffinosus (n = 2) | E. faecalis (n = 1) | E. avium (n = 2) | E. durans/hirae (n = 2) | |
| Clindamycin n = 63 (86.3%) | 38 (84.4) | 15 (88.23) | 4 (100) | 2 (100) | 1 (100) | 2 (100) | 1 (50) |
| Tetracycline n = 48 (65.7%) | 33 (73.3) | 10 (58.9) | 2 (50) | 2 (100) | 1 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Erythromycin n = 44 (60.27%) | 35 (77.7) | 4 (23.52) | 2 (50) | 1 (50) | 1 (100) | 0 (0) | 1 (50) |
| Ampicillin n = 35 (47.9%) | 30 (66.6) | 2 (11.8) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (100) | 0 (0) | 2 (100) |
| Penicillin n = 34 (46.6%) | 33 (73.3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (50) |
| Piperacillin-Tazobactam n = 32 (43.8%) | 30 (66.6) | 1 (5.9) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (50) |
| Amoxicillin + clavulanic acid n = 25 (34.2%) | 23 (51.1) | 1 (5.9) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (50) |
| Levofloxacin n = 17 (23.3%) | 15 (33.3) | 1 (5.9) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (50) |
| Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole n = 7 (9.6%) | 3 (6.6) | 2 (11.8) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (100) |
| Chloramphenicol n = 1 (1.4%) | 0 (0) | 1 (5.9) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
* These species was susceptible by the disk diffusion method but showed a MIC of 6–12 mg/L when tested by the E-test.