TY  - JOUR
T1  - Antibiotic Susceptibility of Bacteria Isolated from Virginia Opossum (<I>Didelphis virginiana</I>) in Hidalgo, Mexico
AU - Martinez-Juarez, Victor Manuel AU - Barrios-Garcia, Hugo Brigido AU - Acosta-Salinas, Rosalinda AU - Acosta-Dibarrat, Jorge Pablo AU - Garcia-Reyna, Patricia Beatriz 
JO  - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances
VL  - 8
IS  - 10
SP  - 2075
EP  - 2078
PY  - 2009
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1680-5593
DO  - javaa.2009.2075.2078
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2009.2075.2078
KW  - Tlacuache
KW  -antibiotic resistances
KW  -wild animal
KW  -tetracycline
KW  -reservoir
KW  -D. virginiana
AB  - <I>Didelphis virginiana</I> is the only Mexican marsupial, in spite of to be a wild animal, it has been adapted to live near to human. We proceeded to evaluate the proportion of drug-resistant microorganisms isolated from <I>D. virginiana</I>, the study was done in the Mexican State of Hidalgo; were captured six adult animals, it were anesthetized. Samples were taken from the oral cavity, pharynx exudates, otic, optical and feces of all of them. The bacterial isolated were identified biochemically and evaluated by Disk Diffusion Susceptibility Testing. Were isolated Gram-negative bacteria, like <I>Escherichia coli</I>, <I>Proteus mirabilis</I>, <I>Citrobacter freundii</I>, <I>Edwardsiella</I> sp., <I>Klebsiella pneumoniae</I>, <I>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</I>, <I>Mannheimia haemolytica</I> and Gram-positive like <I>Staphylococcus aureus </I>coagulase-negative, <I>Staphylococcus epidermidis</I>, <I>Streptococcus faecalis</I>, <I>Corynebacterium</I> sp. and <I>Bacillus subtilis.</I> The results showed different levels of antibiotic resistance of bacteria isolated from wild opossums; multidrug-resistance was found in some of the strains in or at least one of them. <I>D. virginiana</I> could be a reservoir for a variety of microorganisms that have antimicrobial resistance and transfer it to other species as domestics like wild animal.
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