Cultural isolates and the pattern of antimicrobial sensitivity of whole cultures from recurrent pyoderma in dogs.

The study was aimed to determine the etiology and the pattern of antimicrobial sensitivity of whole cultures obtained from recurrent pyoderma in dogs. In the present investigation, thirty eight bacterial cultures were isolated and were tested against sixteen antimicrobials. All the affected dogs (100%) were found to have Staphylococci (S. intermedius - 60%, S. aureus - 24%, S. schleiferi - 16%. Besides Staphylococci, Streptococcus sps (16%), Klebsiella sps (16%), Escherichia coli (12%) and Pseudomonas spp (8%) were also identified. Most of the whole cultures were susceptible to ciprofloxacin, amoxicillin with sulbactum, cefpodoxime with clavulanic acid, enrofloxacin, chloramphenicol, amikacin, cephadroxil and cefpodoxime. Most of the cultures were resistant to tylosin, amoxicillin and clavulanic acid, erythromycin, azithromycin, lincomycin, gentamicin, cephalexin and co-trimoxazole. The alarming antimicrobial resistance noticed in dogs with recurrent pyoderma is also reported in the study.