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KMID : 0380420080320010001
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Journal of Prventive Veterinary Medicine
2008 Volume.32 No. 1 p.1 ~ p.7
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Isolation and characterization of Escherichia coli from rectal swabs of stray cats in Gwangju, Korea
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Kang Mi-Young
Jung Bock-Gie
Cho Sun-Ju
Nguyen-Tat Toan
Lim Jae-Hyang
Koh Hong-Bum
Lee Bong-Joo
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Abstract
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Ninety six E. coli isolates were identified from rectal swabs of stray cats in Gwangju, Korea. Fifty (52.1%) out of the 96 isolates were classified by Escherichia O antisera into the following 14 serotypes: O6, O7, O44, O63, O119, O125, O126, O143, O153, O154, O158, O166, O167 and O168. Among them, serotype O63 was the most prevalent (13.5%). Virulence genes such as eae, sta, slt-i, slt-ii and uid a were detected by PCR. Twenty-four isolates contained the eae gene. However, none of isolates contained the sta, slt-i, slt-ii and uid a genes. The antimicrobial susceptibility test was carried out using a disc diffusion method. All the isolates showed susceptibility to norfloxacin (100%) with the majority showing a high susceptibility to ciprofloxacin (95.5%), enrofloxacin (95.5%) and polymyxin B (95.5%).
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KEYWORD
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E. coli, stray cats, susceptibility test
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