Perfil de isolamento e resistência a antimicrobianos de Fusobacterium spp. isolados do sulco gengival eqüino

Silva, I.N.G.Pinheiro, A.Q.Rocha, M.M.N.P.Carvalho, C.B.M.

A total of 30 strains of Fusobacterium sp. isolated from gengival sulcus of 28 equines was studied in the period between January/1997 and April/1998. Bacterial isolation and antimicrobial resistance were determined by biochemical analyses and by the disk elution method. The species most frequently isolated was Fusobacterium nucleatum. The following resistance rates were observed: 10% for penicillin G, 87% for eritromycin, and 97% for sulfonamide. Theses results emphasize the need for monitoring the susceptibility patterns of this important bacterial group frequently isolated from normal sites in equines.

1. Eqüino
2. Fusobacterium
3. Equine
4. antibiograma
5. antibiogram