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Table 1 Summary of organisms cultured from cervical abscesses, drug resistant isolates, and isolate source

From: Outcomes of surgical treatment with patterns of bacterial culture and antimicrobial susceptibility testing in cases of cervical abscessation in dogs: 82 cases (2018–2021)

Identification

Number of isolates

Number of isolates resistant to first choice antimicrobial

Number of multi-drug resistant isolates

Isolate Source

Aerobic Isolates

Streptococcus spp.

20

  

Normal Flora, skin, and oral cavity a, b

Pasteurella spp.

12

  

Normal flora, canine oral cavity c

E. -coli

7

1

1

Normal flora, GI tract d

Staphylococcus spp.

7

 

2

Normal flora, skin e

Niesseria spp.

3

1

 

Normal flora, canine oral cavity c

Klebsiella spp.

2

1

1

Canine oral cavity f

Citrobacter spp.

2

1

 

Ubiquitous environmental g

Enterococcus spp.

1

  

Normal flora, GI tract d

Kocuria kristinae

1

1

 

Normal flora, skin/mucus membranes; ubiquitous environmental h, i

Leclercia adecarboxylata

1

  

Environmental, water j

Raoultella ornithinolytica

1

1

1

Environmental soil/water k

Corynebacterium spp.

1

1

 

Normal flora, canine oral cavity c

Anaerobic Isolates

Bacteroides spp.

14

  

Normal flora, canine oral cavity b,c,d

Actinomyces spp.

8

2

 

Normal flora, canine oral cavity c

Fusobacterium spp.

7

  

Normal flora, canine oral cavity/GI tract c,d

Peptostreptococcus spp.

4

  

Normal flora, canine oral cavity/GI tract c,d

Prevotella spp.

3

  

Normal flora, canine oral cavity/GI tract c,d

Clostridium spp.

1

  

Normal flora, canine oral cavity/GI tract c,d

Filifactor spp.

1

  

Normal flora, canine oral cavity b

Porphyromonas gingivalis

1

  

Normal flora, canine oral cavity c

Unidentified anaerobic gram-negative bacillus spp.

1

   

Unidentified anaerobic gram-positive cocci spp.

1

1

  
  1. a Rodrigues et al., 2014; b Elliott et al., 2005; c Dewhirst et al., 2006; d Pilla and Suchodolski 2020; e Rodrigues et al., 2014; f Culham and Rawlings 1998; g Garleneau et al., 2003; h Kandi et al., 2016; i Nepolitani et al., 2019; j Keyes et al., 2020; k Hajjar et al., 2020.