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Table 4 Number of resistant Lactobacillus strains determined on the basis of MIC breakpoints established for the antibiotics

From: Identification and antibiotic susceptibility of lactobacilli isolated from turkeys

 

Number of strains

 

do not showing any resistance

resistant to one drug only

with multidrug resistancea

displayed resistance against

ampicillin (MIC≥2 or 4 or 8 μg/ml)

tetracycline (MIC≥8 or 16 or 32 μg/ml)

erythromycin (MIC≥2 μg/ml)

lincomycin (MIC≥64 μg/ml)

streptomycin (MIC≥32 or 128 μg/ml)

gentamycin (MIC≥32 μg/ml)

chloramphenicol (MIC≥8 μg/ml)

enrofloxacin (MIC≥64 μg/ml)

erythromycin and lincomycin

streptomycin and gentamycin

L. salivarius

(n=22)

0

2

(9%)

15

(68%)

10

(45%)

13

(59%)

9

(41%)

14

(64%)

11

(50%)

1

(4.5%)

9

(41%)

20

(91%)

9

(41%)

1

(4.5%)

L. agilis

(n=2)

0

0

2

(100%)

0

2

(100%)

1

(50%)

1

(50%)

2

(100%)

0

0

1

(50%)

1

(50%)

0

L. saerimneri

(n=3)

0

0

1

(67%)

3

(100%)

0

0

0

3

(100%)

3

(100%)

1

(33%)

0

0

3

(100%)

L. johnsoni

(n=6)

0

1

(17%)

3

(50%)

1

(17%)

5

(83%)

2

(33%)

5

(83%)

0

0

1

(17%)

2

(33%)

1

(17%)

0

L. crispatus

(n=13)

0

0

10

(77%)

9

(69%)

11

(85%)

7

(54%)

8

(61.5%)

3

(23%)

2

(15%)

1

(8%)

13

(100%)

7

(38%)

0

L. oris

(n=5)

0

1

(20%)

4

(80%)

4

(80%)

4

(80%)

4

(80%)

5

(100%)

0

0

1

(20%)

1

(20%)

4

(80%)

0

L. ingluviei

(n=9)

3

(33%)

0

5

(55.5%)

2

(22%)

6

(67%)

5

(55.5%)

5

(55.5%)

0

0

5

(55.5%)

0

5

(55.5%)

0

L. reuteri

(n=2)

0

1

(50%)

0

0

1

(50%)

0

2

(100%)

0

0

0

0

0

0

Total: 62

3

(5%)

5

(8%)

40

(64.5%)

29

(47%)

42

(68%)

28

(45%)

40

(64.5%)

19

(31%)

6

(10%)

18

(29%)

37

(60%)

27

(43.5%)

4

(6%)

  1. aresistant to at least 3 groups of antimicrobial agents (the analysis excluded tiamulin, cephalothin, cefuroxime and ceftiofur for which the breakpoints has not been established)