Ann. Méd. Vét., 2007, 151 (2), pp 55-60 Profiles of antibiotic resistance of Enterococcus sp and Escherichia coli strains isolated from wild boars and wild cervids stoolsMARTIN N., MOUSSET B., DUPREZ J.N., GREGOIRE F., HOYOUX A., LINDENAbstract :
A widespread idea is that occurence of antibiotic resistance is simply connected with the frequent use and/or sometimes
overuse of antibotics and that this resistance could tend to decrease if they were correctly used. To test this hypothesis, we studied the antimicrobial resistance of two bacteria, Escherichia
coli and Enterococcus sp, isolated from faeces of wild cervids and boars in Wallonia against seven currently used antibiotics. We obtained a high percentage
of resistance of Escherichia coli isolates from cervids against streptomycine (42%) and nalidixic acid (42%). A resistance to oxytetracycline was noted for Enterococcus of cervids (9%) and boars (19%). These results show that, a reasonable use of antibiotics is not the only parameter likely to decrease antibiotic resistance. It is necessary to
take account of other factors related to bacteria themselves. Get the PDF Contact person : JG.Mainil@ulg.ac.be |