Annotating Susceptibility Potential of Single,
Double, Tri and Tetra Mixed Infection Bacteria against Non-beta
Lactam Antibiotics
Nimra Kirn1#, Sijia Lu2#, Amjad Islam Aqib3*,
Kashif Akram1, Hamid Majeed1, Afshan Muneer4,
Maheen Murtaza4, Kashif Prince3, and Kun Li2**
1Department
of Food Science
and Technology,
Cholistan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences
Bahawalpur-Pakistan
2Institute
of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine & MOE Joint International
Research Laboratory of Animal Health and Food Safety, College of
Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing
210095, PR China.
3Department
of Medicine, Cholistan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences
Bahawalpur-Pakistan
4Department
of Zoology, Cholistan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences
Bahawalpur-Pakistan
*Corresponding authors:
amjadislamaqib@cuvas.edu.pk
(AIA);
lk3005@njau.edu.cn
(KL)
#Authors share equal first authorship
Abstract
The expression of
mastitis and its treatment varies based on type and number of pathogens
involved. The studies on therapeutics are thus needed for mixed culture in
addition to single bacterial etiology. The current study was aimed to find prevalence and drug susceptibility
of single and mixed culture ofE. coli, Streptococcus agalactiae,
Staphylococcus aureus, and Klebsiella pneumoniae against non-beta
lactam antibiotics.Total n=200 milk
samples from dairy animals were collected and processed for subclinical mastitis
and subsequently put to isolation of selected bacteria. A total of n=6
non-beta lactam antibiotics (clindamycin, erythromycin, levofloxacin, vancomycin,
teicoplanin and gentamicin) were tested against E. coli,
Streptococcus agalactiae, Staphylococcus aureus, and Klebsiella
pneumoniae alone, double, triple and tetra combinations using disc
diffusion method. Highest prevalence of single bacterial mastitis was observed in case of
E. coli while for mixed infection both
E. coli plusS. aureus stood at
the top. The mixed culture of S. aureus with others in double combination
showed higher zones than that of the single against clindamycin. Similarly,
E. coli in double and triple combination showed higher sensitivity responses
against levofloxacin. Vancomycin showed least efficacy against most of the
double, triple and tetra combinations compared to that of single bacteria.
Gentamicin on the other hand remained comparatively effective against single and
mixed cultures of bacteria. The study thus concluded highly unpredictable
responses of bacteria when tested in combination compared to the one used alone
which invites further trials to be conducted on underlying complex mechanisms.
To Cite This Article:
Kirn N, Lu S, Aqib AI,
Akram K, Majeed H, Muneer A, Murtaza M, Prince K, Li K, 2023. Annotating
susceptibility potential of single, double, tri and tetra mixed infection
bacteria against non-beta lactam antibiotics.
Pak Vet J, 43(3): 596-600. http://dx.doi.org/10.29261/pakvetj/2023.060