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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 of E. 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 plus S. 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  

 
   
 

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