Antimicrobial resistance of Escherichia coli isolated in meat and fecal samples from pigs

Authors

  • Robson Maia Franco
  • Samira Pirola Santos Mantilla
  • Raquel Gouvêa
  • Luiz Antônio Trindade de Oliveira

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21708/avb.2010.4.1.1511

Abstract

Bacterial resistence to antibiotics is a subject widely researched due to its great importance for public health. The more antibiotics are indiscriminately used, the more is the increase of bacterias resistant to the drugs in use on human therapy, including bacteria of the genus Escherichia. The objective of this study was to evaluate the resistance of Escherichia coli isolated from fecal samples and pork to antibiotics, using the Kirb-Bauer metodology. All patogenic strains of Escherichia coli showed resistance to, at least, seven antibiotics usually employed on diseases of food origin therapy, and just showed sensibility to gentamicin and tobramicin. Keywords: Antibiogram, pork, sensitivity, public health

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Published

2010-04-17

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Original Articles / Artigos de Pesquisa

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